Convergence of Jupiter and Saturn Tonight

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The ‘Great’ Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn - NASA

Skywatchers are in for an end-of-year treat. What has become known popularly as the “Christmas Star” is an especially vibrant planetary conjunction easily
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Just after dark where I'm at...it won't be visible for long so don't miss it if you're interested. Hope for clear skies!
 
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beepsilver said:
www.nasa.gov

The ‘Great’ Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn - NASA

Skywatchers are in for an end-of-year treat. What has become known popularly as the “Christmas Star” is an especially vibrant planetary conjunction easily
www.nasa.gov www.nasa.gov

Just after dark where I'm at...it won't be visible for long so don't miss it if you're interested. Hope for clear skies!
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Yeah, going with a friend tonight, we are going to drive about 2 hours outside our city to get away from the light pollution. He is also suppose to be borrowing a telescope from a family member, don't know much about it though, hopefully we can get a good viewing...

So, I HIGHLY Recommend this DVD, it fully explains what has and is about to happen:


It is a MUST see for any one who is interested in Astronomy, whether you are a Believer or Not.
 
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My wife and I went out about two weeks ago to look at the convergence in an earlier stage. As we watched and commented, the space station passed by as well. A really nice twofer.
 
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sebastiantombs said:
My wife and I went out about two weeks ago to look at the convergence in an earlier stage. As we watched and commented, the space station passed by as well. A really nice twofer.
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Too Kewl
 
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So this is the Telescope my friend borrowed from his brother-in-law. He unfortunately did not have the tracker on, the batteries needed to be replaced, so we have to chase Saturn through the sky, well the earth was rotating that is :). We were able to see the rings of Saturn, even though our night was not that clear.
Jupiter was next to it, the smaller of the two. We drove to Madisonville which is north of Huntsville, Texas. Within about an hour the planets were no longer available as the moved toward the horizon.
We did not have a camera attachment either, an SLR would of been great, our cell phones did not justice. Glad I went though, nice way to close out 2020.

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No those are not reelections :), they are actually the planets. Putting a cell phone to the viewer :), sad, just not a good way, without a camera accessory to get a good shot.

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biggen said:
Broke out my Dobsonian telescope last night just for this. Luckily my back porch faces west so we were able to view them easily for an hour or so before they went behind the tree line. Real cool seeing both planets and their moon through one eyepiece.
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So true. Funny but we drove North to get away from the light pollution to find out we could of stayed home and got better shots, we had more cloud cover North. Talk about Amateurs, we get out there, setup the Tele and noticed the batteries were dead for the motorized tracking, haha, so every 30 seconds or so we had to readjust/refocus chasing the planets to the horizon. We did not even have the Finderscope :)
It was about an hour for us too...It was awesome though to see the rings of Saturn and the planets so close together. Looked like a Star Wars scene :)

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Jessie.slimer said:
We had partial cloud cover tonight, just enough to obscure what we were after. I took out the old trusty dobsonian, but was only able to get a glimpse of the moon tonight. Here's hoping to better luck tomorrow.

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Seriously? Wow, your phone? Amazing...I tried night mode, several things, but was not after the Moon. This is really nice...
 
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Fram NASA, Astronomy Picture of the Dat, today -

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