On Monday, ‘Christmas Star’ appears in sky for first time in 800 years: how to see great conjunction if weather permits
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Posted Dec 20, 2020
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Two of the largest planets in the solar system will come together in “a great conjunction” right in time for Christmas, NASA reported. It is also the same day as the winter solstice. It’s a phenomenon not seen for nearly 800 years, but it will light up the sky Monday night.
“What has become known popularly as the ‘Christmas Star’ is an especially vibrant planetary conjunction easily visible in the evening sky over the next two weeks as the bright planets Jupiter and Saturn come together, culminating on the night of Dec. 21,” NASA said on its website.
One-hour special examines Tennessee s Broken juvenile justice system
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Broken, a special report that airs in prime time on NewsChannel 5, takes an in-depth look at the station s unprecedented investigation of Tennessee s juvenile justice system.
The one-hour special airs tonight, Tuesday, Dec. 29th at 9 p.m. on NewsChannel 5.
âBrokenâ has been an 18-month effort led by chief investigative reporter Phil Williams and photojournalist Bryan Staples, who were joined by every member of the
NewsChannel 5 Investigates team and other journalists who have extensively reported on juvenile crime in our city.
The goal of the project: we did not want viewers to just see offenders or âbad kids,â as TV news often portrays them. Instead, this series of stories invited our viewers to âsee the childâ failed by the system.
Commission authorizes funding for critical habitat-enhancement projects
SPRINGDALE – The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission authorized $760,000 to be allocated to five engineering projects vital for fish and wildlife conservation during today’s meeting. The meeting took place at the newly constructed J.B. and Johnelle Hunt Family Ozark Highlands Nature Center, preceding a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the location.
The following projects received budget increases:
$60,000 for engineering design of a moist-soil unit on a recent AGFC property acquisition at Frog Bayou WMA in Crawford County.
$200,000 for a topographical engineering survey of greentree reservoir levees and structures for the first phase of a multi-phase project at George H. Dunklin Jr. Bayou Meto WMA in Arkansas County.
How to watch Jupiter and Saturn’s historic great conjunction of 2020
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
Posted Dec 16, 2020
Saturn, top, and Jupiter, below, are seen after sunset from Shenandoah National Park, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020, in Luray, Virginia. The two planets are drawing closer to each other in the sky as they head towards a “great conjunction” on December 21, where the two giant planets will appear a tenth of a degree apart.NASA/Bill Ingalls
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Great conjunctions don’t come along every night, and events like this one happen once in a lifetime.
Jupiter and Saturn are set to align in the night sky next week in what astronomers call a great conjunction – what some people this year are calling a “Christmas star” – the closest such event in nearly 400 years.
Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn comes to Clark County skies
It’s been nearly 8 centuries since planets met to create the Christmas Star By Scott Hewitt, Columbian Arts & Features Reporter
Published: December 15, 2020, 6:00am
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4 Photos A star map of the night sky as it will appear on Dec. 21 shows the alignment of Saturn and Jupiter that will create a Christmas star on the southwest horizon. (NASA/JPL) Photo Gallery
When gigantic Jupiter overtakes gorgeous Saturn in the night sky, astronomers call it a Great Conjunction. In the coming days, starting at about 45 minutes after sunset, you should be able to catch the action in the southwestern sky as the two largest planets come within kissing distance.