The Great Conjunction

On the very night of the Great Conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn in December 2020 it was cloudy as hell. The two largest planets have in fact not been that close since July 16, 1623, – 397 years ago.

But the day after the weather was in our favor so it was a must to go and take a souvenir of this conjunction that is extremely rare. Although we have a conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn every twenty years or so, very often they occur when the planets are close to the Sun and not visible. Here I combined 2 Images, a close up of the planets through a telescope and a wide-angle shot where the two planets are also merged to one point.