In 2020 anything can happen - including a once in a lifetime alignment of Jupiter and Saturn! For the past month and half we have been observing Saturn and Jupiter from our front porch get closer and closer to each other in the early evening sky (~5:30 to 6:15pm).
On the 21st, which also happens to be the Winter Solstice, they were very, very closely aligned. I guess it’s been nearly 400 years (1623) since these two planets appeared this close to each other in the sky, and nearly 800 years (1226) since the alignment of Saturn and Jupiter occurred at night when visible to the naked eye.
Here are some pictures from my nice camera capturing these two. The brighter one is Jupiter.
Saturday Dec. 19, 2020
Sunday Dec. 20, 2020
Monday Dec 21, 2020
Ellie on the binocs.
Snapped a picture of this plane moving at a very high speed across the sky just before the sun set on Saturday.
And here are some pictures over the past few evenings from just my cell phone.
Pretty cool to be able to watch this once in a lifetime celestial event with the naked eye just from the front porch!
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