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Old 04-10-2010, 10:49 PM
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Help finding Uranus

Hi all
This might sound silly but I'm trying to locate Uranus by star hopping without the use of computerised equipment. Does anyone know of a good web site that contains the relevant southern hemisphere star charts to enable me to nail this planet free-hand?
I'm using 10x42 binos from suburban melbourne (strathmore) and a 4" scope.
I thought I nailed it on saturday night, by checking the star patterns around Jupiter as shown in wikiski.org but I'm not so sure as I expected to see a greenish dot of some sort close by the star patterns on my computer to no avail. Perhaps I should try from Woodend next time.

Thanks in advance,

Wal.
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