‘Christmas Star’ returns: Jupiter and Saturn’s historic conjunction harkens back to Lehigh Valley symbol’s origins
Updated Dec 14, 2020;
Posted Dec 14, 2020
The 2020 "Christmas Star" will be a great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn on Dec. 21, when, from our view on Earth, the two planets will appear at their closest in centuries. A planetary conjunction may also have been the source of the Biblical Christmas star, a steel version of which shines nightly from South Mountain over Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, here wedged between the two gas giants in a composite image.Image credits: NASA; Saed Hindash | For lehighvalleylive.com
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Sure, residents of Bethlehem can see