Neptune
Neptune is in the constellation of Aquarius. This makes it a reasonably easy
target for serious amateurs. You will need a telescope of some size, larger
than six inches in diameter, to hope to find this distant planet. Here’s
Neptune’s path through Aquarius for the next few years.
It does take 165 years for the planet to orbit the Sun once, so it takes its time
crawling along the ecliptic. In a fair sized telescope under dark skies, you may
be able to spot this distant planet. I have seen it a dozen times or so in nearly
fifty years of observing.
© Carpe Caelum 2016
Neptune
© Carpe Caelum 2016
Neptune is in the constellation of Aquarius.
This makes it a reasonably easy target for
serious amateurs. You will need a telescope
of some size, larger than six inches in
diameter, to hope to find this distant planet.
Here’s Neptune’s path through Aquarius for
the next few years.
It does take 165 years for the planet to orbit
the Sun once, so it takes its time crawling
along the ecliptic. In a fair sized telescope
under dark skies, you may be able to spot
this distant planet. I have seen it a dozen
times or so in nearly fifty years of observing.