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Old 20-08-2006, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Starkler
After all the recent hoo-haa of what makes a planet a planet, I thought I might be of interest to some to maybe have a go at imaging Ceres

Its pretty close to opposition right now. See below.

Asteroid
1 Ceres 2006- 8-19 20h55m
Magnitude: 7.7
Phase: 5 °
Distance: 1.9948 au
Solar Distance: 2.9807 au
Solar Elongation: 164°

J2000 RA: 21h41m45.72s DE:-28°31'58.2"
Date RA: 21h42m08.84s DE:-28°30'08.7"

What do you reckon ? Is it worth a go ?
I will have a go at viewing it tonight through the 16" weather and seeing permitting, after all if I can see some of the moons of Uranus I should be able to see Cerus.
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