The Backyard Astronomer, Gary Boyle
The planetary conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in the night sky is typically a once in twenty-years event.
Backyard Astronomer Gary Boyle says a lot of heavenly bodies will be crammed into your telescope’s field of vision on December 21st.
While the event will typically come round again in another two decades, this is as close as the two planets will appear in almost four hundred years.
The conjunction of our solar system’s biggest planets is visible now, but Jupiter and Saturn will be at their closest (from our perspective) on Monday December 21st.
