Ohthatguy Report post Posted July 25, 2019 I had never seen it before last night and I have to say, it's pretty darn cool to see. It may always be there but it took me 50 years to look. You can see it with 20X but at 60x, it's amazing. After dark, low in southern sky, left of Jupiter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
My Rights As An American Report post Posted July 25, 2019 What, no jokes about Uranus? Yes, sometimes I am 12 years old. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muledeerarea33? Report post Posted July 25, 2019 Was just gonna say, so is Uranus!!! Haha I’m 7yrs old. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatfishKev Report post Posted July 25, 2019 Did someone say anus? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Delw Report post Posted July 25, 2019 42 minutes ago, CatfishKev said: Did someone say anus? Um no they were talking about URanus Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ohthatguy Report post Posted July 25, 2019 2 hours ago, My Rights As An American said: What, no jokes about Uranus? Yes, sometimes I am 12 years old. Urghh, now see what you started? Now eat your veggies then off to your room. And no more internet! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatfishKev Report post Posted July 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Delw said: Um no they were talking about I grabbed a mirror and checked it out. Theres definitely a dark ring. Is that normal? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildwoody Report post Posted July 25, 2019 That's wrong.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
My Rights As An American Report post Posted July 25, 2019 Uranus is right in the middle of a black hole. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted July 25, 2019 Five large asteroids skimmed Earth yesterday. The closest, asteroid 2019-OK, just discovered in the last 36 hours is 250 feet wide and missed us by just 45,000 miles, 0.2 the distance to the Moon. This early evening Arizona time it will have reached magnitude 9.4, which I can spot with my high powered binoculars. A thee inch telescope would work also to see it. Unfortunately, it is poorly timed and placed to observe before it fades. Please note that it is moving very quickly and seven hours later the magnitude has dropped to an impossible +46 as most of the dark side faces Earth, about as bright as a pen light sitting on the Moon. Not even Hubble would have a good shot at that. An impact of an object that size would have made a crater about 1.25 miles across and wiped out most life in an area the size of Connecticut. At that distance 1/144 objects will impact the Earth. For objects that come closer than the Moon the impact ratio is 1/3600. Asteroid 2019-OD, discovered a few weeks ago, came 0.9 lunar distance from Earth today. It is almost identical in size at 237 feet wide. It was best visible last evening in the southern hemisphere at magnitude 12.79, 6 inch telescope range. Asteroid 2015-HM10, discovered 4 years ago also is nearly the same size at 225 feet wide, but safely missed us by 12.2 lunar distance, about 2.9 million miles. Asteroid 2019-OE, at 2.5 lunar distance about 600,000 miles away, is 100 feet across. An impact from this one would be much larger than Chelyabinsk, but smaller than Meteor Crater. Both of these asteroids would have been too dim to be seen at magnitude +17.5. Heads up. You can learn about and see some of the larger Near Earth Asteroids NEO's which pass closer than 20 LD at http://www.spaceweather.com/ Click the Ephemeris tab, enter your home observing coordinates, date, and duration to generate where they may be seen in the sky. Tomorrow, the even bigger Asteroid 2010-PK9 at 500+ feet will miss us by 8.2 LD. Asteroid 2010-PK9 is a rare Aten class asteroid whose orbit brings it much closer to the Sun. In this case half as close as Mercury in a 205 day highly elliptical orbit. About two dozen more NEO's are listed in the next couple of months with more discovered and updated daily. You realize that only about 10%~ of these relatively small and very close NEO's are even observed as they pass by Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TOBY Report post Posted July 25, 2019 Can also see the stripes on jupiter. And you kids should focus on heranus not yours. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ohthatguy Report post Posted July 25, 2019 Well since there is no stopping the kids, here ya go. Let the jokes commence... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
