The Sky Today on Wednesday, July 30: Vesta passes a field star

Asteroid 4 Vesta remains an easy-to-spot target in western Libra, just 5° north of Zubenelgenubi, the Balance’s double alpha star. Tonight and tomorrow offer an excellent opportunity to see the 7th-magnitude space rock move relative to the background of stars, as it currently lies less than 0.5° from a slightly fainter 8th-magnitude background star (HDContinue reading “The Sky Today on Wednesday, July 30: Vesta passes a field star”
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