Viewers in New York will get a chance to see Vesta close to opposition after the sun goes down on May 2. The asteroid will reach its highest point in the night sky approximately an hour after midnight ...

as marked on this sky map. These point to Ceres. If you sketch this triangle and its surrounding stars from night to night over the next week, you'll spot one "star" that moves: that's Ceres.

A crescent moon will appear alongside the bright stars Castor and Pollox to form a lopsided grin in the night sky on May 29.

This week, its fellow dwarf planet Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid ... is 37 light-years away and is the fourth brightest star in the night sky. It pins down the constellation, which ...

But Vesta will appear in the night sky later that evening ... second only to the dwarf planet Ceres. Its surface is also highly reflective relative to other main belt asteroids.

The asteroid will reach its highest point in the night sky approximately an hour after ... before departing on a rendezvous course with Ceres. The data on Vesta has led to countless discoveries ...