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TY for this.. it is exciting! Short simulation Cha Dec 2020 #1
Interesting BainsBane Dec 2020 #2
You're Welcome! Cha Dec 2020 #5
I went out and took a peek last night. Hugin Dec 2020 #3
How high from the horizon was it, roughly in degrees? KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2020 #4
I'm somewhat south of you. Hugin Dec 2020 #9
Thanks, Hugin. We'll give it a shot tonight if it's clear. KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2020 #13
I would have given it to you in mils, but, I can't count that high. Hugin Dec 2020 #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 2020 #16
+1 Hugin Dec 2020 #18
Thats awesome! Thx, clear sky, yay Baclava Dec 2020 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author mitch96 Dec 2020 #17
I'll have my 10" dobsonian scope set up to watch! cbdo2007 Dec 2020 #6
You're way ahead of me BainsBane Dec 2020 #7
They are pretty easy to find with the naked eye...Jupiter is the brightest thing cbdo2007 Dec 2020 #8
Okay, I'll give that a try BainsBane Dec 2020 #10
Is that the time when the conjunction is the brightest or the tightest? Hugin Dec 2020 #12
Should be brightest and tightest cbdo2007 Dec 2020 #23
I'm out of luck BainsBane Dec 2020 #32
There is a slight haze here. Hugin Dec 2020 #33
I am a bit West of you MuseRider Dec 2020 #15
Yes and they are bright enough that light pollution shouldn't matter. cbdo2007 Dec 2020 #25
I got a window of clear weather in MI yesterday evening. roamer65 Dec 2020 #11
For practical comparison, the apparent size of the moon and Sun from Earth is 0.5 degrees JHB Dec 2020 #19
What's amazing to me BainsBane Dec 2020 #20
In the words of Douglas Adams, "Space is big, really big." JHB Dec 2020 #22
Correct and I think the last time it happened this close...some 400 years ago, cbdo2007 Dec 2020 #27
I wish I could see it spinbaby Dec 2020 #21
It might not be the same as being there - but I suspect there will be live feeds online Lucinda Dec 2020 #26
❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️ Lucinda Dec 2020 #24
Signs and portents! Earthquakes, volcanoes, its all cracking open!!! Cthulhu Rising! Baclava Dec 2020 #28
Dogs and cats, living together! JHB Dec 2020 #29
Oh u jest, but if that big slab of Hawaii cracks off into the sea in this latest eruption... Baclava Dec 2020 #30
Nearly time for best visibility in the eastern states. Hortensis Dec 2020 #31
I can now see them clearly from South Florida. Saturn is at the 2:00 position from Jupiter. Towlie Dec 2020 #34
From my area in NYS, Saturn is usually at the 11:00 position from Jupiter. mtnsnake Dec 2020 #45
I don't believe there's such a place where Saturn is "usually" in some position relative to Jupiter. Towlie Dec 2020 #50
That could very well be mtnsnake Dec 2020 #51
Who lives to be 800-years-old? AmyStrange Dec 2020 #36
My husband just told me about this! We're picking our R B Garr Dec 2020 #37
Good luck! BainsBane Dec 2020 #38
Thanks! He has the Sky View* app and was just showing me R B Garr Dec 2020 #44
Bummer! ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #39
I've got a solution for that BainsBane Dec 2020 #40
Cool! ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #42
very cool. The Snitch Dec 2020 #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 2020 #43
One of the best shows ever about Jupiter & the planets is a Nova show called "The Planets: Jupiter" mtnsnake Dec 2020 #46
I'll look for that BainsBane Dec 2020 #47
It's below the horizon MontanaMama Dec 2020 #48
kick Dawson Leery Dec 2020 #49
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