NEPTUNE VIEWED FROM EARTH


Image Credits: NASA/JPL Solar System Simulator developed by: David Seal

FOV:  30°       Magnification:  1x (naked eye)       Outer Planet Orbits       Location in Constellations       Skypath 2024

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FOV:  2' (arc-min)       Magnification:  900x       Compare Current Planets

Note: Neptune's apparent diameter in our sky varies by less than 10% (less than 2 pixels in image above).

 

FOV and Magnification vary so Neptune fills image

 

FOV:  1' (arc-min)       Magnification:  1800x (to show Triton's orbit)

 

FOV:  18' (arc-min)       Magnification:  100x (to show Nereid's full orbit)

Locating NEPTUNE 

Bonus: Neptune's Current Position Over Earth

This bonus view is provided so you can determine if Neptune currently may be visible from your location on Earth.  Of course, because it is so dim, Neptune can be seen only at night, and only through a very capable telescope.  The view above lets you glean Neptune's direction from your location.  If your location is visible on the above globe, then the closer it is to the view's center, the higher Neptune will be in "your" sky.

Simulator Image Notes:  1) Fields of View are measured horizontally.  2) Top orbital view orientation: Ecliptic north "upward", i.e. in
the 12:00 midnight direction.  3) Neptune's next two "surface" (cloud-top) views' orientation: planetary local north "upward".  4) Neptune's major moon views' (bottom two) orientation: Ecliptic north "upward".  5) Eclipse shadows of planetary moons are not displayed.  6) Light-Travel Time is not included in calculated times.

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