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Old 17-January-2002, 02:50 AM
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Wow. I went out with binocs and Uranus was easy tonight. Delta Capricornus makes it easy to spot. For a map of the sky right there, first go to heavens-above.com to get a map of where Mercury is near Capricornus (Uranus is not listed, and you can enter your latitude and longitude to generate the skymap) and then go to Sky and Telescope's website (first go to "Sights", and then "Planets and Moons"; there's a link to Uranus).

Uranus is very close to a star which is just ever so slightly brighter to my eye. Very cool.
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