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The Great Conjunction

Tonight was the Great Conjunction (Christmas Star) where Jupiter and Saturn were closer to each other than they have appeared in 800 years on the Winter Solstices (December 21). And it was cloudy. I braved the 20 degree temps to go outside a few times and sadly there were too many clouds in the way. Happy Solstices!

Here are a few nice photos from Twitter:

(Images https://twitter.com/beccidee17/status/1340989343238737920, https://twitter.com/LowellObs/status/1341132987191226370, https://twitter.com/NASAEarth/status/1341043896500019200, https://twitter.com/NASAHubble/status/1341054406184222724 and the very cute Google Doodle https://www.google.com/doodles/celebrating-winter-2020-and-the-great-conjunction-northern-hemisphere)