Jupiter and Uranus by jared99
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Description
A few nights ago Uranus was very easy to find in the sky due to its proximity to Jupiter, which was the brightest thing in the sky at the time. This was about a 30 second exposure.
Jupiter was shining brightly at magnitude -2.74.
Uranus was glowing faintly at magnitude +5.74.
For reference here are some other magnitudes (brighter objects have lower numbers):
sun: -26.74
full moon: -12.74
Andromeda Galaxy: +3.44
See the wikipedia page on "apparent magnitude" for more info.
Comments (15)
MaraP
Fantastic, almost unreal, love it!
shayhurs
Nice; I was out middle of last week on a recently rare clear night outside of Seattle and saw them both as well...
flavia49
wonderful capture!
ThetaLov
I wish it was just a tad darker where I am, I'd LOVE to see stuff like this!
meselfr
fantastic shot.... nice work :)
whaleman
Excellent and interesting!
jarmila
Romantic night shot, very well done here..congratulation, ciao,thanks for the visit
jocko500
super cool shot
Buffalo1
A lovely night sky. Tnanks for pointing out what is what!
danapommet
Wonderful capture and perfect timing. Dana
tennesseecowgirl
Great work, I like how you pointed them out to us.
tizjezzme
Fannnnntastic shot here. At 30 second exposure, I'd say it was PERFECT.
tulipe
Amazing!
DAVER2112
Nicely captured, No star trails. What type of gear did you use for this shot?
tommorules
Inspirational shot! Some interesting celestial events coming up in 2013; hoping to image them myself once I get my head around astro-photography