Rare Event Tonight The Christmas Star
Yes! I'm a science geek! A star watcher! And the Universe is so cool! Excited!!! :-)
Tonight the sky is going to give us a Special Treat!! It's has become known as the Christmas Star. It is a brilliant planetary conjunction easily visible in the evening sky from anywhere. The planets of Jupiter and Saturn come together tonight! In 1610 Galileo discovered strange observations that help us to understand the solar system. 13 years later in 1623, Galileo observed Jupiter and Saturn travel together across the sky. As Jupiter caught up to and pass Saturn it became known as a Great Conjunction. Jupiter and Saturn were traveling together the whole month and finally, on December 21 Jupiter will ov…
