Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Virgo (Vir)
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Ceres and Vesta on June 30, 2014--only 20 arc min apart, erdmanpe
Ceres and Vesta on June 30, 2014--only 20 arc min apart
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Ceres and Vesta on June 30, 2014--only 20 arc min apart

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Ceres and Vesta on June 30, 2014--only 20 arc min apart, erdmanpe
Ceres and Vesta on June 30, 2014--only 20 arc min apart
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Ceres and Vesta on June 30, 2014--only 20 arc min apart

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The best I managed for the historic pairing of Ceres and Vesta this summer. Unfortunately, the night of closest approach (~10 arc min on July 5) was cloudy for me. Twenty-four 5sec images, each separated by two minutes to capture a bit of the asteroids' motion, and to make their identities obvious.

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Ceres and Vesta on June 30, 2014--only 20 arc min apart, erdmanpe