Friday, August 21, 2009

Just a tiny speck, but. . . .

I just saw Neptune with my own eyes. Through binoculars, but still. :)

*bliss*

It's just to the left or west (in the Northern Hemisphere) of Jupiter, which is very bright and, in North America, conveniently high in the sky. You can't see it without binoculars under ordinary seeing conditions. If your binoculars let you see the moons of Jupiter, you can definitely see Neptune if you swivel to the left along the ecliptic.

Sorry. I'm geeking out. I never saw it with my own eyes before, despite writing a novel mostly set there.

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