[BAA-ebulletin 00573] Uranus moves into the northern sky

[BAA electronic bulletins service]

You may be interested to know the following:

For the past 40+ years, the planet Uranus has been traversing the south 
celestial hemisphere having last time passed south of the celestial equator 
on 1969 August 2.  As such it has tended to be a difficult object for UK and 
other northern observers over several decades.  Well at last on 2011 April 
12, I can report that the planet finally ventures north of the equator in 
the sky and so for many years to come will be a more conveniently placed 
object.

Richard Miles
rmiles at baa.u-net.com