Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are the three outermost major planets in our solar system. All three are currently situated for viewing mid-evening. The two minor planets are the asteroids (2) Pallas and (4) Vesta. These two bodies are currently in the same patch of sky as Saturn.
A Sony A7iii camera and Rokinon 35mm f/1.8 AF lens with a Hoya Softon filter were used to take the following images.
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| Saturn is the bright star top center. The circled star is tau Ceti. |
Saturn is currently in the constellation Cetus. The star circled in this image is tau Ceti, the 19th closest star system. It is 11.9 ly distant.
In this same field of view with Saturn are Neptune (the outermost major planet), and the two asteroids (2) Pallas and (4) Vesta. Pallas and Vesta were discovered in 1802 and 1807, respectively. Neptune wasn't discovered until nearly 40 years later, in 1846.
The following image marks the location of these three current companions to Saturn:
Uranus, the seventh planet, is currently located between the Pleiades star cluster and the Hyades star cluster. At magnitude 5.6, it is feasibly detectable by the naked eye in a suitably dark location (and with good eyesight).
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| Uranus (circled) is in the right half of the frame. |
A closer crop better reveals its location:
Finally, a completely unrelated image, just because:
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| The Cygnus section of the Milky Way |
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