chatillion 71M
2289 posts
12/21/2020 4:59 pm
Christmas Star 2020...

There was a lot of chatter about the solstice and near alignment/overlap of Jupiter and Saturn in the night time sky tonight, December 21.

63F degrees and not a cloud in the sky and the only thing that resembled what the astronomy news was reporting was a disappointment to me.

My best view was standing in the open section of a golf course, where it was visible in the southwest less than 20 degrees above the horizon.

She said "Enough, let's go home!"



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chatillion 71M
1567 posts
12/21/2020 5:29 pm

A few news stories called it the Christmas Star and compared it to the biblical Three Wise Men guided by a star.
Let's talk facts:
It's 2 planets (not a star) and lasts less than an hour. Those guys had traveled a while.