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\n<\/p>\n

Observation Notes:<\/b><\/p>\n

I finally got a confirmed sighting of Neptune. The match to the finder chart I printed, and the blue-green color were the signals I needed. While the color was strongly blueish, I detected green, which doesn’t correspond with the deep blue color of the planet, and I attribute this to a poor ability to judge various blueish colors. At 240X, it didn’t exhibit any dimension, and simply appeared as a sturdy dot. It was about 2′ NE of a star (SAO 164285). That star provided good contrast to show I was looking at a blueish (blue-greenish \ud83d\ude42 object. There’s not much else to say really, other than I have now seen every planet except Pluto!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/b><\/td>\nNeptune<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Classification<\/b><\/td>\nPlanet<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Position*<\/b><\/td>\nCapricornus [RA: 21:18:14 \/ Dec: -15:50:49]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Size*<\/b><\/td>\n2.29″ (Equatorial diameter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brightness*<\/b><\/td>\n7.85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Date\/Time<\/b><\/td>\nJuly 5, 2005 – 4:00 AM
\n(July 5, 2005 – 11:00 UT)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Observing Loc.<\/b><\/td>\nAnderson Mesa, AZ<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Instrument<\/b><\/td>\nOrion SVP 6LT Reflector (150 mm dia.\/1200 mm F\/L)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eyepieces\/Mag.<\/b><\/td>\n32 mm Sirius Pl\u00f6ssl (38X), 10 mm Sirius Pl\u00f6ssl+ 2X Barlow (240X)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Conditions<\/b><\/td>\nClear, calm, 42\u00b0F<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Seeing<\/b><\/td>\n3\/10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Transparency<\/b><\/td>\nMag 5.8+ NELM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
*Sources<\/b><\/td>\nOrion’s The Sky Astronomy Software<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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