The Great Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction of 2020

On evening of December 21, 2020, the planets Jupiter and Saturn will appear in the sky closer to each other than in hundreds of years. The two giants will be close enough that they will be visible in the same telescope field of view. This video explains what is happening to cause the planets to appear so close together, and also how you can witness this event. These kinds of conjunctions only happen once every 20 years, so don't miss out!

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Planetarium visuals were created using Digistar 6 by Evans & Sutherland.

Image Credits:
"Venus-Moon conjunction over Budapest" by György Soponyai is licensed with CC BY-NC 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

"Moon-Venus June 2007 conjunction" by fdecomite is licensed with CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

"The Moon, Venus and Mercury Conjunction" by lrargerich is licensed with CC BY-NC 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

"Jupiter, Venus and Mercury Conjunction" by Brian Kennedy is used with permission.

"Great Conjunction December 7, 2020" by Brian Kennedy is used with permission.

Music Credits:
"Between The Rings" from the album "Between The Rings" by the artist Stellardrone. The song has been modified in length from the original. Music is used here under a Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution Unported License.

stellardrone.bandcamp.com/album/between-the-rings
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