Uranus is a truly fascinating world – a slow-moving, faraway ‘ice giant’ planet much larger and colder than our own lush, green Earth. Because it’s so faint, many amateur astronomers and skywatchers have never actually seen it themselves, but this month you will be able to find it very easily in the sky because it will be snuggled up close to one of the brightest planets visible in the sky: Jupiter.
At the start of our observing period you’ll find the planetary