Jupiter and Saturn Conjunction - 21st Dec 2020

[Dos_Box]

Aplogies if this has already been posted (couldn't find it).

If you have clear skies tonight, it may be well worth your while looking to the south western skies before 18:30 (when they set below the horizon) to see this once in a lifetime event - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-55364664

[elsiegee40]

We could see them very close together from our bedroom window yesterday evening.

 

No chance tonight. There’s far too much cloud

[Dos_Box]

I'm hoping for a much better view tonight. Yesterday was just grey and drizzly, but we do have a chance of a view in the early evening today.

[ICTDirect_Dave]

I'm hoping for a much better view tonight. Yesterday was just grey and drizzly, but we do have a chance of a view in the early evening today.

 

It's clouded over again!

[6Foot2]

Link: International Space Station passes through Jupiter and Saturn during Great Conjunction of the two planets [News.com.au]

 

A NSW photographer has managed to capture an image that encapsulates a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event and one of humankind’s greatest engineering achievements in one go.

 

The Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn happened on Monday night, with the two planets appearing closer to each other in the night sky than they had in close to four centuries.

 

In the lead-up, aeronautical engineer and astrophotography enthusiast Jason De Freitas, 29, managed to capture the incredible moment the International Space Station passed between the two planets...