For the first time in nearly 800 years, the Star of Bethlehem, or the ‘Christmas Star’ will be visible this month.
But it’s not actually a star at all, it’s called the ‘Great Conjunction’ or the moment when Jupiter and Saturn appear the closest, and they will be a tenth of a degree apart on December 21, 2020.
And while their is no celebration, due to the pandemic, people are encouraged to get outside and see it.
Around sunset on December 21, if you want to catch them at their very closest moment, you’ll want to look towards the south western sky, towards the horizon in the south west.
It will take a few minutes but you kind of want to catch them because they will be so low on the horizon, which in some ways makes it good because it’s far from the moon and we don’t have to worry about any of that stuff, but they will sort of seem to step below the horizon quickly.
And while the actual conjunction will happen quickly, the planets will be seen close together starting around Wednesday, December 16.
