If you were to ask a group of dedicated amateur astronomers to list their favorite telescopic targets, few if any would mention asteroids. That’s easy to understand. The typical asteroid lacks the jaw-dropping visual impact of the Moon or Saturn. Through the eyepiece, an asteroid is an ordinary-looking stellar speck. In fact, the word asteroidContinue reading “How to spot an asteroid tonight”
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