Great Conjunction - Jupiter & Saturn - 2020 DEC 21

[maw lod qan]

Just like was forecast, yesterday evening another cold front pushed down Florida.

Woke to clouds and rain, which might be good for the start of my garden, but they have me worried for this evenings viewing. I've got my fingers crossed.

[groberts]

Took advantage yesterday to image this occasion & pleased / surprised to see Jupiter's moons too - using Canon 700D + Canon EF300 1.4.

Alas tonight it's back to normal service, cloud!

Good luck to all today, hope there are some clear skies somewhere?

Graham

 

Edited December 21, 2020 by groberts

[Ouroboros]

Good luck and well done to anyone who has seen it or photographed it. It clouded over here late afternoon so it was a no show. Looks like today will be no better. What a surprise though? It never normally clouds of for celestial events in the U.K. does it? Ever! 🤨

Edited December 21, 2020 by Ouroboros

[Alan White]

Typical that the weather turns for such an event, that’s UK Astronomy though.

I and my household are isolating due to Covid, so I don’t feel like going outside if I were allowed to anyway, typical.

However I did catch sight of them from my bedroom window yesterday after sunset, so that was good, really close now, so let us hope someone gets a cloud gap or better still a clear sky today and observes this truly once in a lifetime event.

[L8-Nite]

The weather is pea soup in my neck of the woods today, can't see a hundred yards. Odds are zero that there will be even the slightest opportunity for viewing this evening, but I just might take a chance and run the lockdown blockade (if there is one), and head up to my favourite observing spot on top of the mountain.

[Waddensky]

Watched the planets slowly approach each other over the last couple of days, what a wonderful event! Tonight seems to be cloudy and rainy however, in a few hundred kilometer radius...

[GJ Schouten]

Had a good view on Friday, but after that, including today, it's been cloudy. Shame, but it's the way it is

[Nakedgun]

I missed the recent Lunar occultation of Venus and the Geminid meteor shower peak due to clouds, alas, but skies should be clear enough for tonight's show.

[Littleguy80]

Had a lovely session observing and taking some pictures of the conjunction yesterday evening. Amazing to see them both in the same FOV at 240x! Here’s the best of the pics through my dob. 

[Paul M]

Seen nothing of these two for weeks due to either clouds or low elevation.

I was hoping this current band of cloud and mizzle would clear by sunset and see the conjunction through the suckers gap. The latest forecast hold hope for only the extreme NW of Scotland and Ireland. 

And here's me, just bought new Duracells for this here Celestron SLT mount that was going to facilitate my observations this evening. Perhaps the kids will get some festive junk that I can use them in instead. Waste not, want not...

Edited December 21, 2020 by Paul M

[Nigella Bryant]

From the 16th to 20th. Clouded out today 😭

[Ouroboros]

Looks like you’ll be lucky to see it anywhere in the U.K. this evening ..

 

[RT65CB-SWL]

I was just setting up yesterday evening and rain stopped play... and now wall-to-wall cloud and for the next few days.

 +  = 

[Adam1234]

Well that is another celestial event ruined by the weather, and probably a once in a lifetime one as well. I've been off work for Christmas for a week and so far not an inch of clear sky, nor was there any clear skies for the last several weeks/months prior. September was the last time I had a good string of clear nights with an odd couple nights in November. 

Someone please turn off the weather, or provide me funds to move somewhere with astro-friendly weather.

 

[Tiny Clanger]

Not a sliver of a chance of a view here today, if  I took the dob outside it would just be a somewhat expensive rain gauge ...

[Nik271]

And here is my contribution from yesterday (20 December).  A single image with Skymax 127 and a Canon 250D. Today is hopeless, but Christmas Eve looks promising so far.

 

[Miguel1983]

Here’s my shot at it from yesterday, took it with a Sony a6300 mounted on my Skymax 127.

No moons, i didn’t want to overexpose Jupiter.

[Martin Meredith]

Here's a shockingly bad shot with a handheld phone just a few moments ago, but it serves to show how close they are. The visual view thru the eyepiece (TV 8-24 zoom) + Borg 77mm frac was superb & unforgettable.

[Skywatcher from Germany]

Hello, here is my picture i took on 2020-12-19 with my Skywatcher 150PDS/750.

I captured Saturn and Jupiter with the 4 great moons.

[Mark-V]

Clouds and rain - a normal viewing evening for a once in a lifetime astronomy occurrence in the UK 

[goodricke1]

It's actually worse when the conditions are so/so and you get fooled into believing something might actually be visible... at least today it was obvious from a long way off that there was going to be a no-show.... see you on March 15th 2080

[Nicola Hannah Butterfield]

No show here either, same with Venus and m45, clear both sides clouds on the day

.Just wishing you all the best on the New Year xx
Astronomically

 

[saac]

Just seen this , they do say location location location .  Amazing photograph, great thing to see at end of this year for sure  

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap201220.html

 

my favourite https://www.facebook.com/APOD.Sky/photos/3230831097021087

Jim

Edited December 21, 2020 by saac

[maw lod qan]

Both of those images are, well, I'm thinking of a word but my limited vocabulary falls short.

We have clear skies, but in the distance some high stuff. At least I have a chance.

[maw lod qan]

Turned out the clouds stayed away.

I was expecting them to be a little closer together. Even with my eyes, I could easily see there was two planets.

I wonder as the evening progressed it more to the West in the USA if they did get a little closer?