At magnitude 5.7 it is technically naked-eye from a dark site, though picking it out from the surrounding stars takes a chart.
At magnitude 5.7 it is technically naked-eye from a dark site, though picking it out from the surrounding stars takes a chart.
At the moment Uranus shines at magnitude 5.6 and lies 18.50 astronomical units from Earth. Its position on the sky is right ascension 4.17 hours, declination +20.9°.
Planets shine with a steady light while stars twinkle. That is not folklore: stars are point sources and the atmosphere smears them, whereas a planet presents a tiny disc that averages out the turbulence. If it is bright and calm, it is a planet.