During late spring and so far in early summer, most of the planets have been visible
in the morning sky, from Saturn in eastern Aquarius to Venus, Jupiter and Mercury in
Taurus. Venus and Mercury have passed behind the Sun into the evening sky, so
that leaves us with Saturn, Neptune, Mars, Uranus, and Jupiter in the morning.
This view was taken in a bright sky, so Uranus was barely detectable only if you
zoom in on the original image, but I've marked its position. Mars is off the
frame to the upper right. On this morning, Jupiter is magnitude -2.04 while Uranus
is magnitude +5.81, which is a difference of 1,380 times.
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