Welcome to Uranus.

The photo on the left is over exposed to show two of Uranus' moons, Oberon (The outer one.) and Titania. The photo on the right shows a clearer image of Uranus with the two moons barelly visible.

Uranus is the last of the planets visible to the naked eye. Due to its dimness and slow orbit it was not recognized as a planet until Sir William Herschel observed it through a telescope in 1781. Originaly he thought Uranus was a comet but several years later confirmed that it is indeed a planet. Uranus' day is 17 hours short and it completes one orbit around the sun every 84 years. Uranus is the only planet that rotates horizontal to the rest of the planets, having its poles tilted 98 degrees with respect to the orbital plane.