Wealthy Asteroid Now Visible

A NASA spacecraft is still on its way to explore an ultra-valuable, metal-rich asteroid. However, you don't have to wait for the space agency to beam back pictures of the so-called "golden asteroid" in a few years to see it. Per Astronomy Magazine, 

Asteroid 16 Psyche will reach opposition—opposite to the Sun in our sky—at 1 a.m. CT on Aug. 6. It will be located among the stars in northern Capricornus glowing at a magnitude of 9.6. You can find Psyche in the southwestern sky in the early morning hours leading up to dawn, but you'll need a telescope to do so.           READ MORE...