TY for this.. it is exciting! Short simulation (Reply #1)

In the discussion thread: For the first time in 800 years, you can watch a "great conjunction" of Jupiter and Saturn [View all]

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Mon Dec 21, 2020, 08:43 AM

Cha (269,191 posts)

1. TY for this.. it is exciting! Short simulation

Vid at the link..

https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/planets/great-conjunction

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For the first time in 800 years, you can watch a "great conjunction" of Jupiter and Saturn [View all]	BainsBane	Dec 21	OP
TY for this.. it is exciting! Short simulation	Cha	Dec 21	#1
Interesting	BainsBane	Dec 21	#2
You're Welcome!	Cha	Dec 21	#5
I went out and took a peek last night.	Hugin	Dec 21	#3
How high from the horizon was it, roughly in degrees?	KY_EnviroGuy	Dec 21	#4
I'm somewhat south of you.	Hugin	Dec 21	#9
Thanks, Hugin. We'll give it a shot tonight if it's clear.	KY_EnviroGuy	Dec 21	#13
I would have given it to you in mils, but, I can't count that high.	Hugin	Dec 21	#14
If you go to the time/date web site you can plug in your area and see a graphic of where it will	mitch96	Dec 21	#16
+1	Hugin	Dec 21	#18
Thats awesome! Thx, clear sky, yay	Baclava	Dec 21	#35
This message was self-deleted by its author	mitch96	Dec 21	#17
I'll have my 10" dobsonian scope set up to watch!	cbdo2007	Dec 21	#6
You're way ahead of me	BainsBane	Dec 21	#7
They are pretty easy to find with the naked eye...Jupiter is the brightest thing	cbdo2007	Dec 21	#8
Okay, I'll give that a try	BainsBane	Dec 21	#10
Is that the time when the conjunction is the brightest or the tightest?	Hugin	Dec 21	#12
Should be brightest and tightest	cbdo2007	Dec 21	#23
I'm out of luck	BainsBane	Dec 21	#32
There is a slight haze here.	Hugin	Dec 21	#33
I am a bit West of you	MuseRider	Dec 21	#15
Yes and they are bright enough that light pollution shouldn't matter.	cbdo2007	Dec 21	#25
I got a window of clear weather in MI yesterday evening.	roamer65	Dec 21	#11
For practical comparison, the apparent size of the moon and Sun from Earth is 0.5 degrees	JHB	Dec 21	#19
What's amazing to me	BainsBane	Dec 21	#20
In the words of Douglas Adams, "Space is big, really big."	JHB	Dec 21	#22
Correct and I think the last time it happened this close...some 400 years ago,	cbdo2007	Dec 21	#27
I wish I could see it	spinbaby	Dec 21	#21
It might not be the same as being there - but I suspect there will be live feeds online	Lucinda	Dec 21	#26
❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️	Lucinda	Dec 21	#24
Signs and portents! Earthquakes, volcanoes, its all cracking open!!! Cthulhu Rising!	Baclava	Dec 21	#28
Dogs and cats, living together!	JHB	Dec 21	#29
Oh u jest, but if that big slab of Hawaii cracks off into the sea in this latest eruption...	Baclava	Dec 21	#30
Nearly time for best visibility in the eastern states.	Hortensis	Dec 21	#31
I can now see them clearly from South Florida. Saturn is at the 2:00 position from Jupiter.	Towlie	Dec 21	#34
From my area in NYS, Saturn is usually at the 11:00 position from Jupiter.	mtnsnake	Dec 21	#45
I don't believe there's such a place where Saturn is "usually" in some position relative to Jupiter.	Towlie	Dec 22	#50
That could very well be	mtnsnake	Dec 22	#51
Who lives to be 800-years-old?	AmyStrange	Dec 21	#36
My husband just told me about this! We're picking our	R B Garr	Dec 21	#37
Good luck!	BainsBane	Dec 21	#38
Thanks! He has the Sky View* app and was just showing me	R B Garr	Dec 21	#44
Bummer!	ProfessorGAC	Dec 21	#39
I've got a solution for that	BainsBane	Dec 21	#40
Cool!	ProfessorGAC	Dec 21	#42
very cool.	The Snitch	Dec 21	#41
My son called to remind me and I got out just in time to see it before it set behind the trees.	Hermit-The-Prog	Dec 21	#43
One of the best shows ever about Jupiter & the planets is a Nova show called "The Planets: Jupiter"	mtnsnake	Dec 21	#46
I'll look for that	BainsBane	Dec 21	#47
It's below the horizon	MontanaMama	Dec 21	#48
kick	Dawson Leery	Dec 21	#49

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