Winter Solstice Great Conjunction Images. The Winter Solstice itself is an important moment of the year. The planets will nearly overlap to form a "double.
It suggests one to keep eyes to the skies for the current 'great conjunction' of Saturn and Jupiter. Today's animated Google Doodle is in celebration of the winter solstice and The Great Conjunction, which is a visual overlap of Saturn and Jupiter in the night sky. VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.
In the Northern Hemisphere, Google, in collaboration with NASA, has replaced their homepage logo.
See the image below for Jupiter's movement over just a few days in December.
What happens on the winter solstice? Today's animated Doodle "celebrates the Northern Hemisphere's first day of winter as well as this rare double planet sighting- or "Great Conjunction". The winter solstice, and how you can watch Monday's 'great conjunction'.