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Originally Posted by goober
Well done, Eric. I see Neptune as a faint pale blue disk. Uranus is much more green, and quite a bit brighter.
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I concur, Uranus through my scope is a pale green-blue colour and a distinct disk with a 14 mm eyepiece. Using a Mag 6 or 7 chart I can locate it with the finder easily. Neptune is a pale blue and required 6 mm eyepiece to get a distinct disk, though it doesn't quite look like a point source with 14 mm.
I get a real kick out of observing Uranus and Neptune, although you have no chance of seeing surface features, and very little chance of seeing Titania, there is something special about resolving those planets from so far away.