trying to find Uranus

Hey guys,

I have moved to Nashville TN and am getting used to the skys. But I have been trying to locate Uranus with no luck. It is at 5.8 Mag give or take I think, So it is not going to be naked eye for me here. But I am unable to see it in my Binocs (15x80) and was unable to identify it with my 8" orion reflector. I have been using Stary Night Backyard as my map.

What should I be looking for. I have found where I think it should be using Fomalhaut as my starting point. And then following Aquarius up to where it should be. But nothing that looks even remotely like a planet. I have read that at Hi mag(150x) I should be able to at least get a disk. But should it be this hard. Or am I mistaken?

Any help with what to look for or how to recognize it would be greatly appreciated...

You are looking for a pale blue-green star. It will
look like just another star, nothing special. To see
a disk you will need very steady skies, good optics, and
some careful viewing.

At your 150x it will look like this attached image viewed
from about 8 feet away from you computer (assuming it
is 5mm across on the screen like on my computer).

Image borrowed from Steve Fugardi at
http://www.astromart.com/forums/viewpost.asp?forum_post_id=470974

Attached Image:

At low power you will see two ~6m stars near 4m Lambda Aquarii. They build an almost isoceles and almost right-angled triangle with Lambda. The bluest of the two is Uranus. The disc is not difficult to see at high power even in 80mm, but it is small.

Dmitri