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“Christmas Star” of 2020 - Mystic Wanderer - 12-20-2020 December 21, 2020, will bring us a cosmic event that hasn't happened since 1623, but it couldn't be easily observed because they were facing the sun. The last time this happened where it could be seen was almost 800 years ago, during the great conjunction of 1226! Wow! I know what I'll be doing tomorrow just before sunset. Seeing this is a "once-in-several-lifetime's" event! If you can see it, please take pictures in case it's too cloudy for the rest of us to capture the event. Quote:The year 2020 will end with a special astronomical event: the closest great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in 397 years. On December 21, the two planets will almost touch in the sky. Read More: Source RE: “Christmas Star” of 2020 - VioletDove - 12-20-2020 I’ve been looking forward to this. I’ve been watching them get closer each night. So far it looks like it will be a clear sky here. I can hardly wait to get outside with my telescope and have a peek. RE: “Christmas Star” of 2020 - Mystic Wanderer - 12-20-2020 (12-20-2020, 10:18 PM)VioletDove Wrote: I’ve been looking forward to this. I’ve been watching them get closer each night. So far it looks like it will be a clear sky here. I can hardly wait to get outside with my telescope and have a peek. @"VioletDove", I ordered one of those little telescopes that attach to your phone. I was hoping it would be here for this event, but unless it comes tomorrow, I only have the zoom feature on my camera. Our forecast is calling for cloudy skies, so I may not get any pictures anyway. Happens every time there's a major event I want to see up there! PLEASE, take some pictures to share with us here. RE: “Christmas Star” of 2020 - VioletDove - 12-20-2020 (12-20-2020, 10:44 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote:I hope the skies clear enough for you to see.(12-20-2020, 10:18 PM)VioletDove Wrote: I’ve been looking forward to this. I’ve been watching them get closer each night. So far it looks like it will be a clear sky here. I can hardly wait to get outside with my telescope and have a peek. I will share any pictures I get. I hope they turn out. I never did get that camera attachment ordered but I found how to make a homemade one on youtube. I’ve been working on it today. Hopefully it’ll work well enough. Wish me luck! RE: “Christmas Star” of 2020 - Ninurta - 12-21-2020 I'll not be able to see it here, clouds or no. Ridges too high, I'm too deep into the holler. The mountain to my west will block it out from sight. . RE: “Christmas Star” of 2020 - Tarzan the apeman. - 12-22-2020 Cloudy here. Going to keep an eye out though. Will share this song as this reminds me of this alignment. RE: “Christmas Star” of 2020 - Schmoe1 - 12-22-2020 I'm pretty pissed as it's cloudy here. Fucking weather, I feel like each meteor shower over the past few years has been ruined by clouds. RE: “Christmas Star” of 2020 - NightskyeB4Dawn - 12-22-2020 (12-22-2020, 12:17 AM)Schmoe1 Wrote: I'm pretty pissed as it's cloudy here. Fucking weather, I feel like each meteor shower over the past few years has been ruined by clouds. It is beautiful and very easy to see in South Florida where I am. I am happy to have had the experience. I am hoping that many others will have this once in a lifetime experience that will be shared around the world. RE: “Christmas Star” of 2020 - Mystic Wanderer - 12-22-2020 I lucked up and got a picture. Didn't even have to leave my driveway. I'm very happy! I also caught a lot of the neighbor's houses, so I don't want to share. I'm sure there will be better pictures on the internet anyway. RE: “Christmas Star” of 2020 - Schmoe1 - 12-22-2020 (12-22-2020, 12:57 AM)NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote:(12-22-2020, 12:17 AM)Schmoe1 Wrote: I'm pretty pissed as it's cloudy here. Fucking weather, I feel like each meteor shower over the past few years has been ruined by clouds. Well I'm glad some got to see it. If the article I read had any merit, it's a once-in-7-lifetimes experience. Oh well, I'll have to wait for it to be cloudy yet again I'm sure for the Perseids and Leonids showers. RE: “Christmas Star” of 2020 - Tarzan the apeman. - 12-22-2020 I see one can watch it live. I am as it is cloudy here. Here is one of many links. https://www.space.com/great-conjunction-winter-solstice-2020-jupiter-saturn-webcasts RE: “Christmas Star” of 2020 - Mystic Wanderer - 12-22-2020 (12-22-2020, 01:14 AM)Schmoe1 Wrote:(12-22-2020, 12:57 AM)NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote:(12-22-2020, 12:17 AM)Schmoe1 Wrote: I'm pretty pissed as it's cloudy here. Fucking weather, I feel like each meteor shower over the past few years has been ruined by clouds. @"Schmoe1" it has been visible since the 17th, just not "perfectly" aligned with Saturn. It will still be there tomorrow night and several nights thereafter. Maybe you can still see it. RE: “Christmas Star” of 2020 - NightskyeB4Dawn - 12-22-2020 (12-22-2020, 01:14 AM)Schmoe1 Wrote: Well I'm glad some got to see it. If the article I read had any merit, it's a once-in-7-lifetimes experience. Oh well, I'll have to wait for it to be cloudy yet again I'm sure for the Perseids and Leonids showers. Was sent these from a coworker. RE: “Christmas Star” of 2020 - Mystic Wanderer - 12-22-2020 (12-22-2020, 01:32 AM)NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote:(12-22-2020, 01:14 AM)Schmoe1 Wrote: Well I'm glad some got to see it. If the article I read had any merit, it's a once-in-7-lifetimes experience. Oh well, I'll have to wait for it to be cloudy yet again I'm sure for the Perseids and Leonids showers. Good catch. He/she must have caught it from a different angle than me. From my point of view Saturn was almost directly behind Jupiter. It looked like one BIG "star". Thus why it was named the Star of Bethlehem. RE: “Christmas Star” of 2020 - Schmoe1 - 12-22-2020 (12-22-2020, 01:36 AM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote:(12-22-2020, 01:32 AM)NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote:(12-22-2020, 01:14 AM)Schmoe1 Wrote: Well I'm glad some got to see it. If the article I read had any merit, it's a once-in-7-lifetimes experience. Oh well, I'll have to wait for it to be cloudy yet again I'm sure for the Perseids and Leonids showers. Yup I've been seeing that formation for a few days, I was under the impression they would be pretty much "on top of one another" or damn near, when the alignment happened. Still cool to see though, based on rarity alone. I'll still take a good meteor shower any day of the week. RE: “Christmas Star” of 2020 - VioletDove - 12-22-2020 These aren’t the best but I was happy to get something. My husband helped me finish making my camera attachment then he took the first picture. I took the second one using the 25mm lens. We couldn’t get much out of the 10mm. RE: “Christmas Star” of 2020 - Ninurta - 12-22-2020 (12-22-2020, 01:32 AM)NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote:(12-22-2020, 01:14 AM)Schmoe1 Wrote: Well I'm glad some got to see it. If the article I read had any merit, it's a once-in-7-lifetimes experience. Oh well, I'll have to wait for it to be cloudy yet again I'm sure for the Perseids and Leonids showers. Nice shot! You can see all f of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn in it! RE: “Christmas Star” of 2020 - Ninurta - 12-22-2020 (12-22-2020, 01:36 AM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote:(12-22-2020, 01:32 AM)NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote:(12-22-2020, 01:14 AM)Schmoe1 Wrote: Well I'm glad some got to see it. If the article I read had any merit, it's a once-in-7-lifetimes experience. Oh well, I'll have to wait for it to be cloudy yet again I'm sure for the Perseids and Leonids showers. It looks like it was taken through a telescope, which magnified the gap etween the two planets beyond what you can see with just your eyes or an unmagnified camera. . RE: “Christmas Star” of 2020 - NightskyeB4Dawn - 12-22-2020 (12-22-2020, 02:38 AM)VioletDove Wrote: These aren’t the best but I was happy to get something. My husband helped me finish making my camera attachment then he took the first picture. I took the second one using the 25mm lens. We couldn’t get much out of the 10mm. Still you got some good shots. My camera is so cheap I just get two white dots. I could have tried my work camera, but it is set up for close ups, and I don't like changing the settings too much, as I am not a good photographer. RE: “Christmas Star” of 2020 - NightskyeB4Dawn - 12-22-2020 (12-22-2020, 02:46 AM)Ninurta Wrote:(12-22-2020, 01:36 AM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote:(12-22-2020, 01:32 AM)NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote:(12-22-2020, 01:14 AM)Schmoe1 Wrote: Well I'm glad some got to see it. If the article I read had any merit, it's a once-in-7-lifetimes experience. Oh well, I'll have to wait for it to be cloudy yet again I'm sure for the Perseids and Leonids showers. Could be. My coworker's husband is a photographer with the crime lab, so I am sure it is professional work. It surely is professional compared to anything I was able to capture. |