On 21st December 2020, I wrote about the "great conjunction", the closest alignment of the largest planets in our solar system, namely Jupiter and Saturn.
Unfortunately on the big day itself it rained so
there was no prospect at all of seeing this remarkable event.
However, today was a largely sunny day with clear
skies. I just happened to look out of my flat window shortly after sunset and
there were Jupiter and Saturn clearly visible to the naked eye and shining brightly low in the south west sky. The view through my binoculars
and then telescope was amazing.
I did try and take some photos and this is probably
the best. It is not brilliant and the only excuses I can offer are the fact
that it was taken through my closed window and the light was poor which a very
ISO didn’t even help. I think these rather staggering statistics also played a part!
The distance from the Earth to Jupiter ranges from 365
to 601 million miles
The distance from the Earth to Saturn ranges from 746 million miles to 1.05 billion miles
The distance between Jupiter and Saturn
is around 450 million miles
Photo: the almost "great conjunction" .... Jupiter (left) and Saturn (right)
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