Current Info for Observer
as of 04/26/2024 5:04 p.m.
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Satellites
General Info
as of 04/26/2024 5:04 p.m.
| Type | Planet |
| Constellation | Pisces |
| Magnitude | 7.94 |
| Orbits | Sun |
| Right ascension | 23:57:32.72 (Hours) |
| Declination | -1:36:24.0 (Deg) |
| % illuminated | 99.989 |
| Distance from Earth | 30.68554AU |
| Distance from Sun | 29.90073AU |
| Elongation | -38:09:58.5 |
| Mass | 17.147 ⊕ |
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Tyler (4830)
10" Dobsonian
50 points
Austin (5562)
LCOGT 1Meter Scope - Sinistro
50 points
Went up to Sedegwick to do a dry run on the big scope in preparation for an upcoming star party. I had never actually seen Neptune before. Clearly a disk instead of a point source, very nice to finally lay eyes on our most distant (main class) planet.
Sedgewick was lovely as usual!
mnastro (4583)
XX12i
50 points
Observed Neptune, took 3 nights to find the right time to view it between some trees at my observing site but finally found the time it was visible. Seeing wasn't very good, and it was lower in the sky, both added up to less than spectacular views but I can finally add Neptune to the list, completing all of the planets!
cyc66 (2891)
Celestron Omni XLT 150
50 points
I think I saw this. A blue point of light, it's very hard to confirm since it's not near anything of note.
HamilTiller (5560)
Celestron 127eq
50 points
Like Uranus, Neptune had been evading me. Stellarium helped me change that. Tiny dot, thought it looked blueish, though it may have been my imagination.
Generate a finder chart
The following form will generate a PDF finder chart suitable for printing using to locate objects in the sky with your telescope!
The Date is only really useful for solar system objects, as deep space objects move measurably only on a galactic timescale.
The larger the F.O.V (field of view), the more "zoomed out" the object will appear. It can be helpful to print several charts of the same object with different field of views.
Limiting the magnitude (remember, lower magnitude means brighter!) of stars and objects can make sure your chart is not cluttered with dim objects that you may not be visible to you anyway. The defaults are good, but try experimenting with raising and lowering the values.
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