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  • Stargazing News - July 25th, 2025

    From CJ@954:100/61 to All on Thursday, July 24, 2025 06:05:59
    Friday July 25, 2025

    Pluto at Opposition (all night)

    On the nights surrounding Friday morning, July 25, the dim and distant dwarf planet designated (134340) Pluto will reach opposition for 2025. On that date, the Earth will be positioned between Pluto and the sun, minimizing our
    distance from that outer world and maximizing Pluto's visibility. While at opposition, Pluto will be located 3.28 billion miles, 5.28 billion km, or 285 light-minutes from Earth. Unfortunately, it will shine with an extremely faint visual magnitude of +14.4 that is far too dim for visual observing through a small backyard telescope. Pluto will be located in southwestern Capricornus, about a palm's width to the upper right (or 5.9 degrees to the celestial WNW) of the medium-bright star Psi Capricorni and to the lower left of the globular star cluster Messier 75. Even if you can't see Pluto directly, you will know that it is there.

    (Data courtesy of Starry Night)
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