Nov 152020
 

I had time for another target of opportunity tonight. Here is Uranus with 4 of its 5 largest moons visible. The 5th is Miranda which is closest to Uranus and is lost in the planet’s glare. Just for reference, Umbriel is a calculated magnitude 15. The image is a 3 second exposure.

Also in the image are 3 labeled and many additional unlabeled background stars.

Uranus & moons [CV:1x3s]

If the names appear familiar, they probably are. The naming convention for moons of Uranus is they are to be named for characters from the plays of William Shakespeare or a narrative poem by Alexander Pope. So, there are moons named Juliet, Ophelia and Desdemona but those, like the rest, are much too dim to see with my telescope. Uranus has 27 known moons; none of them named Romeo.

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