Lovely conjunction between the #Moon and Venus after #sunset! Saturn, Jupiter and Mars are also visible at the same time. Uranus is up there too, but it's not visible without a telescope. (EDIT: Neptune too, close to Saturn)
If you're in a dark enough location to see the #MilkyWay, this is a nice chance to notice that the plane of our Solar System is inclined about 60º with respect to the disc of the Milky Way.
Screenshot from https://stellarium.org/
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Re: Uranus, given its apparent magnitude of ~5.7 you might be able to spot it by eye from a very, very dark location if you know exactly where it is, but just barely. Even if its within your magnitude limit, crowding of stars with similar brightness will make it hard to pinpoint it. Binoculars or a telescope will definitely help.
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Fun fact: juvenile Uranus jokes are as old as the name change from Herschel. So for anyone who may be tempted, it's not being clever, it's being kitch and cliche 😅
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