COMETS AND ASTEROIDS
Apr 21, 2022
1 minute
inor planet 13 Egeria reaches opposition on 4 May when it can be found shining at 10th magnitude in Libra, the Scales, less than a degree to the west-southwest of (α) Librae). Zubenelgenubi is the name given to the brighter, eastern component of a double star. The fainter companion, Alpha (α) Librae, shines at mag. +5.2 and is located 3.8 arcminutes to the northwest of Alpha.
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