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Related: About this forumCrescent with SATURN and JUPITER!!!

From November 18 to 21, 2020, as darkness falls, use the waxing crescent moon to locate the gas giant planets Jupiter and Saturn, now headed for their once-in-20-years great conjunction on the December 21 solstice. Jupiter is the brighter of these two worlds, outshining Saturn by 12 times. Even so, Saturn is respectably bright, shining as brightly as a 1st-magnitude star. And, of course, in our November 2020 sky, these two worlds Jupiter and Saturn are exceedingly noticeable for their nearness to each other.
This upcoming Jupiter-Saturn conjunction will be the closest Jupiter-Saturn conjunction since July 16, 1623. These two worlds will be within 6 arc minutes (0.1 or 1/10 degree) of one another on December 21, 2020.
https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-jupiter-saturn-after-sunset
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Crescent with SATURN and JUPITER!!! (Original Post)
elleng
Nov 2020
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bullimiami
(14,074 posts)1. saturns been chasing jupiter around all year.
elleng
(141,926 posts)2. And this is
the closest Jupiter-Saturn conjunction since July 16, 1623!!!
https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-jupiter-saturn-after-sunset
alfredo
(60,271 posts)3. I saw that this evening. Beautiful