• Stargazers Given Once in-a-lifetime Opportunity to see ‘Great Conjunction’ of Saturn and Jupiter 14.12.2020 VIDEO: Jupiter and Saturn Great Conjunction Visualisation Credit: Matthew Bate • Budding astronomers will be given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness a truly special celestial event in the run-in to Christmas. This month, the gas giants Saturn and Jupiter - the two largest planets in our Solar System - will be so close in the sky that they’ll both be visible through a telescope

20K views · 488 reactions | Over the next 2 weeks, Saturn and Jupiter will be getting closer and closer together in the night sky. In reality, they aren't that close but it will look like it to us here on Earth. The peak of this will be on Dec 21st and something to check out as it will only be visible for about 2 hours after sunset in the Southwest sky. Here's where to look and what it will look like. #astronomy #Saturn #jupiter | Brad Panovich Meteorologist | Facebook

Even 2.1 arcmins of the gap was too big after 800 years. Mike Andrisko from Demotte, Indiana, U.S. was filming the Great Conjunction when a jet flew right through the gap between the gas giants. "It's the craziest thing I have seen to date," wrote Mike. He shot this with iPhone X attached to a 10" Orion Dobsonian telescope. | The Secrets Of The Universe