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N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,775 posts)
Mon Dec 21, 2020, 09:42 AM Dec 2020

Cloudy skies tonight

So I fired up the Sky Safari app and picked a clear horizon location. This may be our best shot at seeing the Grand Conjunction.
Note the time on the upper right 5:30pm, today, since I picked pretty clear horizon you may be limited by the clutter on yours

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Cloudy skies tonight (Original Post) N_E_1 for Tennis Dec 2020 OP
Good Old Michigan weather... kirkuchiyo Dec 2020 #1
Color me skeptical. I'm under that same Michigan cloud. JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2020 #2

JustABozoOnThisBus

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2. Color me skeptical. I'm under that same Michigan cloud.
Mon Dec 21, 2020, 04:18 PM
Dec 2020

Jupiter is nice and bright (when it's clear outside). Saturn is less bright. Add the two together in a conjunction, and I'm guessing the total is still not as bright as Venus.

If I were a wise man, I don't think it would inspire me to buy some myrrh, get on a cantankerous camel, and travel for weeks to see some kid that was born in a barn.

Or, maybe I'm just jealous of those whose evening sky will be clear.

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