If you've never seen Uranus then this Sunday evening is your last big chance as a crescent moon points the way.
Here’s what you’ll see an hour after sunset on Sunday if you face west:... [+]Look just below the lit crescent Moon and not 1º below you'll find the blue-green dot of Uranus!Look just below the lit crescent Moon and not 1º away you’ll find the blue-green dot of Uranus.
However, you’ll need to be outside looking west an hour after sunset, and not much later, because Uranus will be sinking quickly and will soon disappear into the haze of the horizon. An elevated position and a good, clear view low to the horizon will help. It’s worth doing because Uranus is about to disappear from the evening sky. It won’t be back for six months.
A ringed planet like Saturn, Uranus is virtually unexplored. NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft made a close flyby of Uranus in 1986 and nothing has been back since.Yet Uranus demands a flagship mission from NASA because of its moons.
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