WBBJ TV
December 21, 2020
Sky watchers met at Pinson Mounds to witness a great conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn.
“These kinds of things are things that you should just stop and take time to observe when you can,” Courtney Ferris, an attendee, said.
Courtney Ferris and her family were a part of a small group who watched yet another piece of history unfold at Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park.
Star gazers brought binoculars to the top of Saul’s Mound to look at the planets, Jupiter and Saturn, aligned in a great conjunction.
It also took place on the the winter solstice, which means less day light and more night sky to see this celestial event.