Observation Notes:
As I was scouting out double stars late into the night, I noticed that the seeing had suddenly settled and become very nice. I swept over to Uranus and got a very smooth view. The edges of the small dot were smooth and gave an excellent impression of a distant, light blue marble. It was so steady, I tried hard to look for Oberon or Titania. Hah! Even if I could, transparency was pretty crummy in that part of the sky. During the observation, what I think was a geosynchronous satellite moved west to east very slowly and passed about 20″ south of Uranus.
| Subject | Uranus |
| Classification | Planet |
| Position* | Aquarius [RA: 22:47:00 / Dec: -08:36:06] |
| Size* | 3.65″ (Equatorial diameter) |
| Brightness* | 5.74 |
| Date/Time | August 2, 2005 – 12:15 AM (August 2, 2005 – 07:15 UT) |
| Observing Loc. | Flagstaff, AZ – Home |
| Instrument | Orion SVP 6LT Reflector (150 mm dia./1200 mm F/L) |
| Eyepieces/Mag. | 25 mm Sirius Plössl (48X), 10 mm Sirius Plössl+ 2X Barlow (240X) |
| Conditions | Partly Cloudy, calm |
| Seeing | 6/10 |
| Transparency | Mag 5.2 NELM |
| *Sources | Orion’s The Sky Astronomy Software |