According to TheSky - planetarium software - Ceres is in Capricornus at magnitude 9. Visible in an 8" dob. BUT how late are you and your nephew planning on staying up? lol. Better to show him Jupiter, Venus and the moon. Orion Nebula would be super. He'll forget all about Ceres. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Crane" <michaelcrane17@gmail.com> To: "Utah Astronomy" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 11:05:35 AM Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Can you spot Ceres through a 8in Dob this time of year? Hey everyone, I am still very new to the use of telescopes and finding my way through the night sky. I have a general understanding of the navigation. I can spot the big stuff easily like Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Pluto etc. and a handful of the constellations. I will be in Washington this weekend and my nephew is obsessed with space and the planets and especially dwarf planets. He got a shirt the other day that has the solar system on it and the first thing he said was, "Why aren't the dwarf planets on here?" He is 6. Proud of him. So I will be taking my 8" Dob up with me, I have a 25mm and 9mm eyepiece. I have been looking around online trying to find a way to see if you can see Ceres this time of year, or at all, but I haven't figured it out yet. Anyone able to shed some light on if you can see it through the scope and where to/ how to find it? He would love to be able to see it! Thanks!!! Michael Crane _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Send messages to the list to Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. To unsubscribe go to: http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".