[Misc] How To See Jupiter And Saturn's Great Conjunction Tonight

Tom Hark Preston Park

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Jul 6, 2003

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• Dec 21, 2020

• #1

'Find somewhere with a clear south-western horizon and look for the brightest thing you can see, low in the twilight sky: that object will be both Jupiter and Saturn, just to the left of Ulloa penalty.'

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/21/how-to-see-jupiter-and-saturns-great-conjunction

 

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Si Gull

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Mar 18, 2008

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On top of the world

• Dec 21, 2020

• #2

From somewhere else where it's not ****ing cloudy!

 

dazzer6666

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Burgess Hill

• Dec 21, 2020

• #3

Tonight’s the ‘best’ night but will be visible for several days yet.......incoming cold, clear spell over Christmas should help [emoji6]

 

Official Old Man

Uckfield Seagull

Aug 27, 2011

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Brighton

• Dec 21, 2020

• #4

Further to my thread regarding telescopes I started a while back, I purchased a nice 100mm lens set up. Not used it yet as it's been cloudy but looking forwards to getting it out some when this week.

 

Thunder Bolt

Silly old bat

Aug 18, 2009

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Beside the seaside, beside the sea

• Dec 21, 2020

• #5

Si Gull said:

From somewhere else where it's not ****ing cloudy!

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This. I can barely see the top of the downs from my window, the cloud base is so low. Hopefully the weather will clear in the next few days, as predicted.

 

Comrade Sam

Comrade Sam

Jan 31, 2013

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Walthamstow

• Dec 21, 2020

• #6

I live in London and there's no such thing as a low horizon! Shame because last year I bought my daughter an awesome telescope.

 

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Pint of Ale and a Burger

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May 5, 2020

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Sussex

• Dec 21, 2020

• #7

I've been looking forward to this and now it's cloudy rain.typical.i will still keep an eye out near the time and hope for some cosmic clearing of the cloud just enough that I can get a glimpse of it.
Failing that I shall try some meditation and try to pick up some cosmic energies.

 

Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle

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Faversham

• Dec 21, 2020

• #8

I'm surprise nobody has mentioned Uranus yet.

 

Barrow Boy

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• Dec 21, 2020

• #9

I was going to post the film version of Galaxy Song from The Meaning Of Life, then I found this gem.

 

Barrow Boy

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• Dec 21, 2020

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Harry Wilson's tackle said:

I'm surprise nobody has mentioned Uranus yet.

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London Irish

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Nov 25, 2003

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Trapped inside the Project for the New American Ce

• Dec 21, 2020

• #11

Don't forget the Great Conjunction; Johnson and Reality coming together. Should be visible by 5pm at the press conference

 

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Raleigh Chopper

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Sep 1, 2011

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Plymouth

• Dec 21, 2020

• #12

Earlier on the news, chat between the newsreader and a space know all.
" Will thick cloud stop us from seeing the alignment"
"Possibly"

 

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Pint of Ale and a Burger

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Sussex

• Dec 21, 2020

• #13

No chance tonight.maybe over the next few nights.

 

GT49er

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Gloucester

• Dec 21, 2020

• #14

Heavy cloud cover here too.