Planet Conjunction To Cast Off Light Looking Like “Christmas Star”
December 21, 2020 10:29 am
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Cherokee, IA (KICD)– A rare event in the night sky tonight is going to cast off light that may look a bit like the “Christmas Star”
Linda Burkhart is the Director of the Sanford Museum and Planetarium in Cherokee. She tells KICD News Jupiter and Saturn will APPEAR to cross paths at a distance that is not commonly seen.
The movement of the two planets began last week, but the conjunction is set to take place tonight. Burkhart says it is visible with the unaided eye, but it never hurts to have something handy to magnify such a phenomenon.
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People in Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Scunthorpe can look forward to spotting spectacular sights in the sky throughout December
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People in Grimsby, Cleethorpes and Scunthorpe can look forward to spotting spectacular sights in the sky throughout December. STOCK PHOTO (Image: Getty)
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