http://www.cloudynights.com/category.php?category_id=182Binocular Universe by Phil Harringtonen-us http://www.cloudynights.com/images/phil-harrington.jpghttp://www.cloudynights.com/category.php?category_id=182http://www.cloudynights.com/item.php?item_id=2402On January 1, 1801 , the solar system became a little more crowded. That night, the Sicilian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi stumbled upon the first asteroid, which he named Ceres after the Roman goddess of grain. Now reclassified as aPhil HarringtonNew Binocular Universe Article2010-03-05T00:00:00-05:00