Uranus Observation (July 13, 2004)

I made an observation of Uranus on July 13, 2004 at 05:00 U.T. (CM 252.9) under good seeing conditions (6-7/10). I believe that, under steady seeing conditions, I noted a very faint equatorial belt (or band) as well as bright northern and southern polar regions. This faint band was most probably a contrast effect between the two bright regions of the planet. I noted no other detail at this time. I welcome any comments on this observation.

The best of luck in your own imaging and observations of the planets.

Regards,
Carlos

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Really superbly neat photographic-like sketch, Carlos! I've been dying to observe Uranus but no dice as mornings have already been cloudy :-(. I look forward to see more.

Ron B[ee]

Carlos -

You have better eyes than me, I have never been able to spot detail on Uranus before. I am amazed at your observation, and your nice sketch. I will try to confirm your observation under dark skies this weekend.

Thanks,

-Jake

Great sketch of Uranus,too bad Hubble doesn't have any recent photos of Uranus to compare your sketches to.