Hi, all. Not quite a bird note, but I think most of you will be okay with this. For the next few nights, viewing of Uranus (large celestial body, not a bird) may be the best for the rest of our lifetimes. If you're in the mid-latitudes of the northern hemisphere (Ithaca, Denver, Lisbon...), and if you're out after midnight (as I know many of us are), just point your binoculars at Jupiter (brightest object in the sky, by far); the green dot just to the "right" (to the west) of Jupiter is Uranus. It is that easy. The post-midnight sky will be moonless for the next few nights.
If you live in, say, western Kansas or the Colorado Rockies, you don't even need binoculars; Uranus is bright enough now to be seen with the naked eye. If you live in a hazy, low-elevation place like Ithaca, use binoculars. Enjoy! ------------------------------- Ted Floyd Editor, Birding Follow Birding magazine on Twitter: http://twitter.com/BirdingMagazine ------------------------------- -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nfc-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NFCL.html 3) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NFC-L Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
