Christmas Star 2020...
There was a lot of chatter about the solstice and the 'Great Conjunction' of the near alignment of Jupiter and Saturn happened this evening.Oh, you missed it? I read it will happen again in 800 years!
While it's considered a phenomenon, I'm a bit disappointed and I was expecting it to have more brilliance.
South Florida had 63F degrees and not a cloud in the sky.
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.
"That's it!"
"No, it can't be."
"It's gotta be it... nothing else in sky."
She said "Enough, let's go home!"
"Yeah... Okay."
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.
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I did see an animation showing their orbits and how they would pass each other.
That was better than standing on a golf course guessing if it's what they were talking about!