Main-belt world Egeria is drifting near the star 80 Virginis tonight — the asteroid’s motion will be readily observable. | Published: May 11, 2026 Egeria is a 6° hop from bright Spica (south of this field) in May. Credit: Astronomy: Roen Kelly Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full  Sky This Week  column.  May 10: Can you catch Comet Tempel 2? Asteroid 13 Egeria is a great 10th-magnitude target in the evening sky, already high after sunset as it floats through the large constellation Virgo. Today is a particularly good day to view it, as it’s passing near magnitude 5.7 80 Virginis, offering a clear signpost against which to measure the asteroid’s drift in just a couple of hours.  A few hours after sunset, Virgo is high in the south. It’s easy to find its brightest star, magnitude 1.0 Spica, about 40° above the horizon and due south around 11 P.M. local daylight time. Egeria lies above and slightly to the left of this star, 6° north-northeast of it.…