Two bright asteroids, Ceres and Vesta, have been gliding in the constellation of Virgo. 1 Ceres at magnitude 8.5 and 4 Vesta at magnitude 7.2 had an angular separation of just under 15 arcminutes when this picture was taken.

Date & Time: July 2, 2014 at 22:40 PDT
Constellation: Virgo
Location: Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria, BC
Optics: TeleVue NP-127is, f/5.2 with large field corrector
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Mount: Paramount ME
Exposure: 30 seconds, ISO 100