BETHELEHEM STAR

JUPITER AND SATURN GREAT CONJUNCTION

IN CAPRICORNUS 

(planets located at : ra 20:11 / dec - 20:30)

 December 21 st 2020 - Wheat Field, Route N° 226 - 9 km east from - Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina

DATA

TYPE: Planet Conjunction

APPARENT MAGNITUDE: Jupiter -2; Saturn 0,6

APPARENT SEPARATION: 6,5 arc minutes

DISTANCE: Jupiter 5,94 AU; 10,84 AU (*)

IMAGE INFORMATION

LENS: Tamron 18-200 ZOOM LENS

CAMERA: Canon T6i

MOUNT: Wiring Post 

FILTERS: None

SKY CONDITIONS: Rural Skies

EXPOSURES: 2 seconds exposure ISO 1600 

OBJECT DESCRIPTION AND IMAGE SESSION

Jupiter and Saturn are seen very close from the Earth perspective. In this picture both planets are at about 6 arc minutes and 11 seconds. Although every 20 years this type of conjunctions are visible, the 2020 is one of the closest in 400 years.

Looking for a clear spot with good west along Route 226 with my son Julián. The image practically reflects the naked eye view of the Great Conjunction from a wheat field and hills in the background from the Tandilean Mountains.

 (*) AU: Astronomical Unit. The distance from the Earth to the Sun. Roughly 150,000 millions of km.