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What the Christmas Star looked like in South Africa and beyond Business Insider SA facebook email Astronomer Blake Estes prepares a telescope to view the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn on December 21, 2020 in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images) On Monday night, a view of the rare Great Conjunction - when Jupiter and Saturn line up close to each other, and the Earth - was somewhat obscured in many parts of the country due to clouds and rain. Still, amateur astronomers managed to capture some images of the bright celestial phenomenon. Across the world, people looked up to watch the two bright dots in the sky. ....
December 22, 2020 at 7:14 am Astronomer Blake Estes prepares a telescope to view the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images) A celestial event known as the “Great Conjunction” comes around once every few hundred years, where Jupiter and Saturn converge, appearing to form a single point in the sky. The world was treated to that sight on Monday night. But it was visible in clearer night skies from Los Angeles to the United Kingdom, giving us plenty of stellar photos to see the conjunction after the fact. NASA says the planets regularly appear to pass each other in the Solar System, with their alignment happening once every 20 years. However, this year was special because they haven’t passed this close to each other since the early 1600s. Furthermore, it had been about 800 years since the alignment occurred at night, allowing almost everyone on earth to witness the event. ....