Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. The Star of Bethlehem?
The Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn happens from around now 19th December until the 23rd December 2020. We can look up (weather allowing please, please) to see Jupiter and Saturn very close together, less than half the width of a full moon apart. It’s going to be the closest together they’ve been seen in 400 years. We won’t see the like again until 2080 astronomers say. The peak of the conjunction happens at 10.37 am PST on Monday 21st December 2020 The celebrated German astronomer Johannes Kepler observed a great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in 1603. And the very next year he…
