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Vesta (left) and Ceres. Vesta was photographed up close by the Dawn spacecraft from July 2011-Sept. 2012, while the best views we have to date of Ceres come from the Hubble Space Telescope. The bright white spot is still a mystery. NASA will plunk Dawn into orbit around Ceres next February. Credit: NASA


Ceres and Vesta lie near an easy naked eye star, Zeta Virginis, which forms an isosceles triangle right now with Mars and Spica. The map shows the sky around 10 p.m. local time tonight facing southwest. Stellarium

1 posted on 06/26/2014 7:28:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Looking forward to getting a close up look at Ceres when the Dawn spacecraft arrives.


2 posted on 06/26/2014 7:33:20 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: BenLurkin

I’ll have to watch for it.


3 posted on 06/26/2014 7:35:01 PM PDT by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv

This sounds Ceres.


6 posted on 06/26/2014 7:40:04 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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