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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.

February 23 - March 1, 2015 Stargazer: Mysterious White Spots On Ceres

Courtesy of Shawn Laatsch

We have several planets to spot in our evening sky, the ISS cruises past, and we get an update on a NASA mission into the Asteroid Belt, where the Dawn spacecraft will soon reach the dwarf planet Ceres, as HPR's All Things Considered Local Host Dave Lawrence speaks with Christopher Phillips from the Mauna Kea Astronomy Outreach Committee for this week’s Stargazer report.

Credit NASA
The mysterious white spot on Ceres
Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Another NASA image of Ceres and the unknown white spots.

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