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Originally Posted by astroron
Matt, Uranus will only look like any other star in your finderscope or in a 40mm eyepiece.
They are fine to find the area you are looking for, but you will need at least 100x mag around a 12mm eyepiece,in a 10" scope to see a disc.
It should look blue to Turquoise.
Sometimes if the seeing is poor, most stars can look like a disc.
Cheers
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thanks Ron
I know I'm not looking for Jupiter or Saturn like objects but I thought they maybe been easier to find then what they are in reality.
once I find an object I'm pretty good to find it again, I appreciate everyone's advice, I know now I was using a too low power to differentiate between a star or Neptune ... I think I used the 15mm (116x) mostly. again everyone's help is useful and I thank you
I'd get the scope out again but I have to be up at 5am for work
again, thanks matt