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This is KI0AR at control, astronomy continuing. Core planet. Oh, let's see. Was at opposition back on the second rising as the sun sets. It's just now rising about 5.30 p.m. in the evening. Ceres can be spotted low to the south near midnight when it is highest in the sky. Ceres is at its best viewing for this year, this month, or in October. Let's see. Ceres is in the constellation of C, shining at magnitude 7.7. Actually, that's shining at the same magnitude as Neptune. So if you can find Neptune, you might be able to find Ceres as well. Ceres is about an hour, about an hour, an hour and a quarter behind Neptune. So still, stay up late to see if you can spot that one. We've got Pluto. Pluto was stationary back on the 14th, meaning that it needed to be close relative to the background skies. So we're in the spot Pluto setting about 11 p.m. by month's end. The best time to spot Pluto will be in the, actually right now, in the earlier evening, in the sky to the southwest, Pluto is in the constellation of Capricorn, shining at magnitude 15.3. We've actually seen different magnitudes for that, around 14.4 to 15.3. So either way, very dim. You need very, very dark skies. And with the moon up there, your chance of spotting Pluto is pretty darn close to nil.