The Sky Today on Thursday, September 25: Pallas stands still

Asteroid 2 Pallas is stationary at 7 A.M. EDT in the constellation Aquila. At 10th magnitude, this space rock is a bit of a challenge, but should be visible through amateur scopes.  Aquila itself is hard to miss — its brightest star, magnitude 0.8 Altair, anchors one point of the huge Summer Triangle asterism andContinue reading “The Sky Today on Thursday, September 25: Pallas stands still”
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