Ceres Appears Near Aldebaran - 2021 NOV 03

[CentaurZ]

Asteroid 1 Ceres (also dwarf planet) as viewed geocentrically will appear to pass only 6.9 arcminutes from the first magnitude star Aldebaran on 2021 NOV 03 at 08:37 UT.

Photos and descriptions of the event would be welcome additions to my similar thread in the forum for Observing-Planetary.

Edited October 19, 2021 by CentaurZ

[bish]

Thanks. That will be an easy star hop!

[Paul M]

I'm hoping for a break in the clouds for this.

Here's an animation of the encounter I posted a while ago after "discovering" the encounter while playing with planetarium sofware.

 

[Sargares]

I’m the unlikely event it’s clear I’ll probably have a go myself. Probably need to lug the Dob out of the garage though to see much. 

[IB20]

Had a look through 15x bins around Taurus and to the NW of sigma 1 & sigma 2 tau there was a faint point of light where Ceres currently is. 

 
Will attempt to observe with a scope next opportunity.

 

 

Edited October 27, 2021 by IB20