How do know it's really there?
2006-06-09 06:44:02 · 10 answers · asked by a kinder, gentler me 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
I suppose a mirror counts? A telescopre will work too...I guess...
2006-06-09 06:54:43 · update #1
I have seen the planet Uranus with my own eyes through my own telescope. I have even photographed it. Here is the photo. I know, it isn't that good, but hey, I have a small cheap telescope!
2006-06-09 14:12:24 · answer #1 · answered by campbelp2002 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Hey buddy. How's it going?
Do you mean the planet, or the butt-pipe?
Hmm. Well, no- we can see Saturn in the night sky (I haven't- my eyesight isn't all that great).
Wait- I know for certain that we can see Jupiter without a telescope. Saturn? Perhaps.
But all the planets beyond- Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto- are so far away that you can't see them with the nekkid eyeball.
Good philosophical question, though.
It's kind of like the ancient riddle- if a tree falls in the woods, and no one is present, does it make a sound?
2006-06-09 13:51:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without optical aid, it's very difficult. You have to have good eyesight, dark skies (away from city lights), and know exactly where to look.
In binoculars, it's actually quite easy. A chart showing its position this year (Neptune, too) is located at http://skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/planets/article_1727_1.asp .
In a telescope, even a relatively small one, you can see a very distinct, tiny, featureless pale blue-green disk. With a bigger scope (at least 8-inches aperture), you might be able to glimpse two of its moons; Titania and Oberon.
So yes, I have seen Uranus with my own eyes, so I'm pretty sure it's really there.
And stop that giggling.
2006-06-09 17:49:31 · answer #3 · answered by C&T 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does through a mirror count?
2006-06-09 13:48:38 · answer #4 · answered by Robert L. D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Uranus can be seen with the naked eye under ideal conditions. Its apparent magnitude is 5.6, which is just under the average maximum magnitude the human eye can see of 6.0
I haven't seen it except through a telescope.
2006-06-09 13:58:50 · answer #5 · answered by Chug-a-Lug 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only in a Mirror..No dirty minds! ...The Hubble telescope in space.
You people need to go a little more often to Church it's a- ying and yang spirital thing!
2006-06-09 17:00:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What would be real strange is to see something with others eyes.
2006-06-09 15:32:46 · answer #7 · answered by Nacho Massimino 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't u see it when the sky is really clear @ night
2006-06-09 15:35:16 · answer #8 · answered by Speed_buddy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not mine, but I did see one once. I was four and didn't know what I was looking at.
2006-06-09 13:53:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm not that flexible.
2006-06-09 13:47:14 · answer #10 · answered by buster 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋