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Vesta Close to Jupiter

Started by kmichaelm, 08/29/2007 07:29PM
Posted 08/29/2007 07:29PM Opening Post
This weekend the asteroid Vesta is very close to Jupiter in the sky, making it easy to find:

From the article at:

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/home/9427376.html

"....At closest approach, on August 29th, Vesta appears just 0.4° from Jupiter, less than four times as far as Callisto, Jupiter's outermost moon. And the asteroid will be within 0.6° of the planet from August 28th to the 31st..."
Posted 08/31/2007 11:49AM #1
Mike
Thanks for the heads up. After reading your post I dashed outside last night and was able to spot Vesta with 14X100 binocs.