Happy Winter Solstice 2020

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Winter solstice 2020 in Northern Hemisphere was at 5:02 AM on
Monday, December 21
All times are in Eastern Time.

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Winter Solstice Great Conjunction Live | The Great Conjunction Jupiter and Saturn

 

Celebrating Winter 2020 and The Great Conjunction!

 

Winter Solstice sets stage for the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn

 

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 visible in the evening sky over the next two weeks as the bright planets Jupiter and Saturn come together, culminating on the night of Dec. 21.

 

In 1610, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei pointed his telescope to the night sky, discovering the four moons of Jupiter – Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto. In that same year, Galileo also discovered a strange oval surrounding Saturn, which later observations determined to be its rings. These discoveries changed how people understood the far reaches of our solar system.

 

Thirteen years later, in 1623, the solar system’s two giant planets, Jupiter and Saturn, traveled together across the sky. Jupiter caught up to and passed Saturn, in an astronomical event known as a “Great Conjunction.”  

 

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Reposting the image of the Great Conjunction since the live feed is now tracking Santa