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RE: Ceres

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Asteroid (1) Ceres is at Opposition in the constellation Sagittarius at 07:54 UT, 25th July 2015.

Magnitude: 7.5
Distance to Earth: 1.940 AU
Distance to Sun: 2.944 AU

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Dwarf Planet Ceres

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RE: Ceres

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Ephemeris

Date       UT      R.A. (J2000) Decl.    Delta     r     El.    Ph.   Mag
2015 06 30 000000 20 47 36.4 -27 34 12   2.011   2.933  149.5  10.1   7.9
2015 07 01 000000 20 47 01.3 -27 40 45   2.006   2.934  150.5   9.8   7.9
2015 07 02 000000 20 46 25.0 -27 47 19   2.000   2.934  151.6   9.5   7.8
2015 07 03 000000 20 45 47.3 -27 53 54   1.994   2.935  152.6   9.2   7.8
2015 07 04 000000 20 45 08.4 -28 00 30   1.989   2.935  153.6   8.9   7.8
2015 07 05 000000 20 44 28.2 -28 07 06   1.984   2.935  154.6   8.5   7.8
2015 07 06 000000 20 43 46.9 -28 13 43   1.980   2.936  155.6   8.2   7.8
2015 07 07 000000 20 43 04.4 -28 20 19   1.975   2.936  156.6   7.9   7.7
2015 07 08 000000 20 42 20.7 -28 26 54   1.971   2.937  157.6   7.6   7.7
2015 07 09 000000 20 41 35.9 -28 33 28   1.967   2.937  158.6   7.2   7.7
2015 07 10 000000 20 40 50.1 -28 40 01   1.963   2.938  159.6   6.9   7.7
2015 07 11 000000 20 40 03.3 -28 46 32   1.960   2.938  160.6   6.6   7.7
2015 07 12 000000 20 39 15.4 -28 53 01   1.957   2.939  161.5   6.3   7.6
2015 07 13 000000 20 38 26.7 -28 59 27   1.954   2.939  162.4   6.0   7.6
2015 07 14 000000 20 37 37.0 -29 05 51   1.951   2.939  163.3   5.7   7.6
2015 07 15 000000 20 36 46.6 -29 12 11   1.949   2.940  164.2   5.4   7.6
2015 07 16 000000 20 35 55.3 -29 18 27   1.947   2.940  165.0   5.1   7.6
2015 07 17 000000 20 35 03.3 -29 24 39   1.945   2.941  165.8   4.9   7.6
2015 07 18 000000 20 34 10.7 -29 30 47   1.943   2.941  166.5   4.6   7.5
2015 07 19 000000 20 33 17.5 -29 36 50   1.942   2.941  167.2   4.4   7.5
2015 07 20 000000 20 32 23.7 -29 42 48   1.941   2.942  167.8   4.2   7.5
2015 07 21 000000 20 31 29.4 -29 48 40   1.940   2.942  168.3   4.0   7.5
2015 07 22 000000 20 30 34.7 -29 54 27   1.940   2.943  168.7   3.9   7.5
2015 07 23 000000 20 29 39.7 -30 00 07   1.939   2.943  169.0   3.8   7.5
2015 07 24 000000 20 28 44.3 -30 05 42   1.940   2.944  169.2   3.7   7.5
2015 07 25 000000 20 27 48.7 -30 11 09   1.940   2.944  169.2   3.7   7.5
2015 07 26 000000 20 26 52.9 -30 16 30   1.941   2.944  169.2   3.7   7.5
2015 07 27 000000 20 25 57.0 -30 21 44   1.941   2.945  169.0   3.8   7.5
2015 07 28 000000 20 25 01.1 -30 26 50   1.943   2.945  168.7   3.9   7.5
2015 07 29 000000 20 24 05.1 -30 31 48   1.944   2.946  168.3   4.0   7.5
2015 07 30 000000 20 23 09.3 -30 36 39   1.946   2.946  167.8   4.2   7.5
2015 07 31 000000 20 22 13.5 -30 41 22   1.948   2.946  167.2   4.4   7.5

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