Sunday July 2^nd asteroid 3 Juno will be at opposition, that is, it will be 180^o from the Sun with the Earth between the two. At opposition, any Sun orbiting object beyond Earth rises at about local time for sunset and sets at local time for sunrise. At about 9^th-10^th magnitude the asteroid will be too faint to be seen with binoculars or the naked eye.

   There are, however, a couple brighter objects sort of surrounding 3 Juno including Asteroid Hebe at 4^th magnitude, and the outer planet Saturn at nearly 0 magnitude.
   Asteroid 3 Juno was the third asteroid discovered, hence its numerical prefaced name. It was discovered by German astronomer Karl L. Harding in 1804, and it is the 11^th largest asteroid.

   
   
   

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