Editing Uranus (section)

=== Visibility from Earth ===
[[File:UranusAndMoon 20221108 fromJP (crop).jpg|thumb|Uranus seen through an amateur telescope, shortly after lunar [[occultation]], during the [[November 2022 lunar eclipse]]]]
The mean [[apparent magnitude]] of Uranus is 5.68 with a standard deviation of 0.17, while the extremes are 5.38 and 6.03.<ref name="Mallama_and_Hilton" /> This range of brightness is near the limit of [[naked eye]] visibility. Much of the variability is dependent upon the planetary latitudes being illuminated from the Sun and viewed from the Earth.<ref name="Schmude_et_al" /> Its [[angular diameter]] is between 3.4 and 3.7&nbsp;arcseconds, compared with 16 to 20&nbsp;arcseconds for Saturn and 32 to 45&nbsp;arcseconds for Jupiter.<ref name="ephemeris" /> At [[Opposition (astronomy)|opposition]], Uranus is visible to the naked eye in dark skies, and becomes an easy target even in urban conditions with binoculars.<ref name="fact" /> On larger amateur telescopes with an objective diameter of between 15 and 23&nbsp;cm, Uranus appears as a pale cyan disk with distinct [[limb darkening]]. With a large telescope of 25&nbsp;cm or wider, cloud patterns, as well as some of the larger satellites, such as [[Titania (moon)|Titania]] and [[Oberon (moon)|Oberon]], may be visible.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nowak |first=Gary T. |date=2006 |title=Uranus: the Threshold Planet of 2006 |url=http://www.vtastro.org/Articles/uranus2006.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727233304/http://www.vtastro.org/Articles/uranus2006.html |archive-date=27 July 2011 |access-date=14 June 2007 |website=Vtastro.org}}</ref>