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How to watch Ceres, a dwarf planet 14 times smaller than Pluto, photobomb a spiral galaxy in the sky this weekend

A preview of the dwarf planet Ceres "meeting" spiral galaxy Messier 100 in the night sky

This weekend, you can watch live as the first asteroid ever discovered passes across one of the night sky's most beautiful spiral galaxies.

The Rome-based Virtual Telescope Project will host a livestream starting at 11 p.m. EDT on Sunday, March 26 (03:00 UTC on Monday, March 27), when  Ceres will be visible in front of Messier 100 (M100), a stunning example of a grand-design spiral galaxy, according to NASA.

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