Tuesday morning October 17^th the Dwarf Planet Ceres will be within about 3^o from M-44, the open star cluster commonly known as the Beehive Cluster. Both will easily fit within the field of view of binoculars and with some careful observation Ceres at 8^th magnitude might be identified just to the left from M-44 which appears as a 4^th magnitude ‘smudge’ of light.

   
   
   

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