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APOD: 2020 December 15 - Great Conjunction: Saturn and Jupiter Converge

Saturn and Jupiter are moving closer and will soon appear in almost exactly the same direction. Coincidentally, on the night of the December solstice - the longest night of the year in the north and the longest day in the south - the long-awaited Great Conjunction will occur. Then about six days from now, Saturn and Jupiter will be right next to each other -- as they are every 20 years. But this juxtaposition is not just any Great Conjunction, well less than the apparent diameter of a full…
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