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A few minutes later, the world witnesses one of the most beautiful and rare astronomical phenomena, which is called the Great Conjunction, a rare conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn.
“The Seventh Day” offers a live broadcast from the Helwan Observatory of the phenomenon of the greatest conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn, from the Helwan Observatory telescope.
Dr. Gad El-Qady, director of the National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research, revealed that the conjunction of Jupiter with Saturn, two of the largest planets in the solar system, is therefore called the great or greater conjunction
The head of the National Institute for Astronomical and Geophysical Research added, in exclusive statements for the seventh day, that the great conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn began days ago and reaches its climax on the afternoon of Monday, December 21, after sunset. in the afternoon and early evening, and in conjunction with the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere, where their proximity will exceed a distance. Less than 0.1 degrees of arc is the brightest star in the sky that night.
Amateur and interested observers can see the conjunction with the naked eye, and there is no danger 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 the conjunction was not that close to Earth for only 800 years, and this is what described this astronomical event as rare.
