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So Uranus is one of those that you may want to get out with your binoculars and look for a little greenish dot, greenish with some pinches of blue. Towards the south, a little later in the evening, what was I going to say about Uranus? It is interesting. Take a look and compare the planets, either through binoculars or telescopes. you'll see discernible disks. They won't look like pinpoints. The stars will look like pinpoints on the planet. You'll see a discernible disk to the planet through binoculars and a scope. And this is AI-0AR net control for the Colorado astronomy net continuing on with Neptune. We've got Neptune rising about 2 PM in the afternoon. For Neptune to the south, oh about 6 or 7 p.m. by just a moon rising at 2 or 5 p.m. and Saturn rising at 2 or 4 p.m. in the afternoon. Very, very close. If you spot one, you should be able to spot the other. Neptune is in the constellation of Pisces, shining at magnitude 7.7. Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you about Saturn there, sorry about that. Same goes for Saturn, around seven or eight, they're both very, Neptune and Saturn are very, very close. Saturn is in the constellation of Aquarius, shining at magnitude 0.8. Neptune, almost a solid seven magnitudes dimmer. So, 120 times dimmer than Saturn, so you'll have to challenge. Oh, another node for the magnitude scale. Every 5 magnitudes varies in brightness by a factor of 100. This is repeater station kilo kilo 7 November Quebec November all star node 6222 located in Shelton, Washington. For dwarf planets we have Ceres. Ceres will be stationary on the 27th. Ceres is rising about 3 p.m. in the afternoon so it trails Neptune and Saturn in about an hour. It will be spotted low to the south just below and east of Saturn and Neptune. Ceres is in the in the constellation of Cetus, shining at magnitude 8.3. It's got to be fairly low. So those of you who are in further southern latitudes, we'll see. We've got Pluto. Pluto will be a challenge. Pluto is setting about 9 PM this week. The best time to spot Pluto will be in the early evening, when it is highest in the sky to the southwest. And it's not going to be very high at all. Pluto is in the constellation of Capricorna shining at magnitude 15.3. As always, good luck at spotting Neptune series in Pluto. A large telescope and dark space will be needed. And right now, with the new moon coming up in a couple of days, this is the time of dark sky observing, for sure. But you'll definitely have to move well away from city lights at this spot.