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While it is one of the most beautiful rare astronomical phenomena, what is known as the “Great Coupling” phenomenon, where the conjunction of Jupiter with Saturn occurs, which has not occurred for 400 years, the International Center for Astronomy of the United Arab Emirates, through its Twitter account, published images of the phenomenon of the great conjunction. Today, when Jupiter and Saturn conjugate.
The International Astronomy Center in Abu Dhabi had broadcast live broadcasts of the phenomenon of “the great conjunction”, where the conjunction of Jupiter with Saturn occurred, in a phenomenon that had not occurred 400 years ago.
Elemental images of the Great Conjunction, the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn
And Seventh Day Television had an interview with Dr. Gad El-Qady, director of the National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research, who confirmed that the conjunction of Jupiter with Saturn, two of the largest planets in the solar system, therefore which is called the great or greater conjunction.
The International Center for Astronomy publishes images of the great coupling phenomenon
The head of the National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research added that the great coupling between Jupiter and Saturn began days ago and will reach its climax on Monday, December 21 at night, after sunset in the afternoon and early in the evening. , coinciding with the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere, since it will exceed its proximity at a distance of less than 0.1 degrees of arc. The brightest star in the sky that night.
Amateur and interested observers can see the conjunction with the naked eye, and there is no risk of that, except that by looking at it through the telescope, we will be able to see the four great moons of Jupiter (Europa – Io – Callisto – Ganymede) .
This conjunction repeats every 20 years, as was the last conjunction in May 2000, but this coupling was not close to Earth except for 800 years, and this is what described this astronomical event as rare..
