Conjunction Jupiter-Saturn (19 Dec)
Taken by Jan Curtis on December 19, 2020 @
Cheyenne, Wyoming
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Date Taken: 2020:12:19 19:57:08
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Taken about an hour after sunset in winds gusting to 60 mph!
Taken with Fujifilm X-T3 (fuji 16-55mm lens @ 50mm, f/2.8, 5sec, iso 160). Insert taken with (Nikon Coolpix P950 @ 2000mm, f/5.6, 0.6sec, iso 1600). Simply amazing I was able to capture anything :-)
Some fun facts:
Jupiter-Saturn Very close conjunctions < 60" (<1 arc minute): 8 Mar 4523AD and 1 Jul 6687AD. For occultations +/- 80,000 year (Extremely rare)!!!!
As would be expected, slower orbiting Jovian planets have less frequent conjunctions with other Jovian planets (e.g., Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions within 6 arc minutes (occurring 21 Dec 20) occur approximately 400 years on average and for Saturn-Uranus and for Uranus-Neptune much less often.
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