The big connection of the year 2020 will brighten the darkest day of the year as the two giant planets of our solar system are getting closer and closer in the night sky for centuries.
Incidentally, the day on which Jupiter and Saturn will appear closest to Earth-based stargazers is December 21, the winter solstice, the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
The Bedhar planet view is also referred to by some astronomers as the “Christmas Star”, due to the belief that the story of Bethlehem’s Star of the Bible may be a connection of planets. However about two thousand years ago, Venus and Jupiter were close – not Jupiter and Saturn, as is the case with the 2020 “Christmas Star”.
The last time the two planets were so close was in 1623, but the stargazing conditions at the time meant that the astronomical event probably did not appear on Earth. According to Arthasky, the last time such a close pair was visible to the naked eye was in 1226.
According to NASA’s Night Sky Network, on December 15-18, according to the play’s Sky Network, stargazers can easily move Jupiter and Saturn together by looking at the waxing crescent moon in the western sky, 45 minutes after sunset.
“Keep in mind that when two gas giants can Appear “Nearby, they’re millions of miles away,” NASA writes. This will still be a surprise scenario, but you will need to look fast as both planets will be aligned immediately after sunset. “
On the night of the solstice on December 21, the moon will be high in the sky, but Jupiter and Saturn will be close to the horizon in the western sky and will appear as a large star. From an amateur telescope, however, a stargazer can clearly see both planets and some of its moons in a single frame of view.
