Winter Solstice Great Conjunction Star. Some people have argued that the Great Conjunction could have been the Biblical Star of Bethlehem that guided the Three Wise Men to the baby Jesus. We're due for a more observable great conjunction.
The two planets will be closest to each other in the sky tonight, which is also winter solstice, and may be viewed as one point of light, appearing only a. Winter Solstice and the 'Great Conjunction' of Jupiter and Saturn: Know all about it. This is when the Sun appears the lowest in the Northern Hemisphere sky and is at its farthest southern point over Earth - directly over the Tropic of Capricorn.
The winter solstice falls on the date with the least daylight and longest night.
Remember, the tilt of the Earth determines the.
Saturn will be slightly fainter and will appear slightly above and to the. This is because we are changing our distance from the sun due to our elliptical, not circular, orbit, which changes the speed at which we orbit. But they rarely get this close.