Catch a glimpse beyond Neptune with the opposition of the dwarf planet Makemake tomorrow April 1. Viewable with a telescope from 9 p.m. to sunrise within the Coma Berenices constellation, this dwarf planet is one of five officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

Due to its discovery just after Easter in 2005, the dwarf planet was initially nicknamed “Easter Bunny” to honor the holiday. The official name, however, honors the Rapa Nui culture of Easter Island. Makemake, named for the Rapa Nui god of creation and fertility, had a hand in the creation of dwarf planet classification.

Makemake having been discovered in March of 2005, together, with the discovery of Eris that January, forced the IAU to address the definition of a planet. The new classification came in 2006 when Pluto was officially recategorized from the ninth major planet to a dwarf planet, along with four others.

Makemake, located in the Kuiper Belt, has an average distance of 4.25 billion miles from the sun. This dwarf planet is only about one-nineth the size of the Earth, takes 305 earth years to make one trip around the Sun, and has a day comparable to one earth day, at 22 hours long.

Makemake’s discovery reminds us to keep our minds open to a changing perception of the universe around us.