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HPR’s Dave Lawrence and Christopher Phillips hosted Stargazer on Mondays to discuss the latest developments in astronomy. Stargazer is no longer in production. The last episode aired on Oct. 16, 2023.

January 18 - 24, 2016 Stargazer: Getting Closer To Ceres

Hawaiʻi Public Radio | By Dave Lawrence
Published January 18, 2016 at 1:13 PM HST

For Stargazer this week, we have a nice line-up of morning time planets to look for and a return visit to dwarf planet Ceres where NASA is coming up with some incredible new photos. Hear the report with HPR All Things Considered Host Dave Lawrence and Christopher Phillips.  

Check out some of the new NASA images:

Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
This newly released image shows part of Messor Crater 25 miles wide on Ceres.

Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Here some of Dantu Crater on Ceres is seen in this shot from NASA's Dawn spacecraft.

Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Another image, this one from December 23, 2015, shows the Cerean crater on the dwarf planet Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.

    
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Dave Lawrence
Dave Lawrence is the local host of All Things Considered, Road Stories (formerly Off the Road) and Stargazer.
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