Watch the moon have a midweek date with not one but two solar system giants.
. They will still be too widely separated to be seen together in the field of view of a telescope, but should be able to fit together nicely in the wider field of view of binoculars.
Uranus will be a great deal dimmer than the moon and Jupiter at a magnitude of just 5.8, but it could still be visible under dark skies with high-magnification binoculars or most telescopes. The two bodies will be separated by around 5 degrees, with the moon to the lower left of Uranus. The proximity of the moon to the ice giant in the sky will mean it acts as a good guide to spotting the distant planet. Under the right conditions, it should appear as a small, steadily glowing blue-green orb .
An illustration of the night sky in the early morning hours of July 12, looking eastward from New York City. Note the Pleiades star cluster towards the left side of the image, nearly parallel with Uranus.Both Jupiter and Uranus are giant planets in the solar system, with the former classed as a gas giant and the latter classed as an ice giant.
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