Jupiter-Saturn Conjunction Dec 21, 2020

 

Conjunctions are common and that’s just because of the way our solar system works. The earth is going around the sun and so is Jupiter and so is Saturn. Jupiter takes about 12 years to orbit the sun and Saturn takes closer to 30 years. And that means every 20 years, they appear to overlap, or technically when Jupiter appears to overtake Saturn from our perspective. So physically they are many millions and millions of miles apart. And if you’re in a different place in the solar system, you wouldn’t see it. It’s only from the Earth’s perspective that we see this conjunction.

 

So what is so special about what happened yesterday if it happens every 20 years? We get to see it in the night sky only once in few 100 years. ie., to be more specific , not every time it happens in the night sky.

 

Similar to bird watching cheer group back home, I have my lovely friend here in the place I live

to nudge me on capturing this conjuction trail 😆.

The pictures posted have the dates and the required commentary. 😊

P.S. edit1: dates missing had cloudy skies!