The moons of Uranus

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There are 27 known natural satellites orbiting Uranus. We can see 4 of the largest in this photo which has been deliberately overexposed to make them stand out better with the small telescope I used. Starting from the top and clockwise: Oberon (diameter 1,500 km), Titania (diam: 1,600 km), Umbriel (diam: 1,200 km) and to the left of Uranus (lost in its glare), Ariel (diam: 1,200 km). Uranus was at the time of this photo 2.9 billion km from us, not exactly next door …