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. Although Ceres is much larger than Vesta it appears fainter in this image due to its low albedo and the fact that is was further away from us than Vesta when this image was captured.

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