Saturn and Jupiter

[Rye Miles #13621]

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[DocWard]

Living in Ohio and enjoying astronomy, I've learned one thing. If there is an interesting, unique, once in a lifetime astronomical experience, it will be cloudy.

[Rye Miles #13621]

10 minutes ago, DocWard said:

Living in Ohio and enjoying astronomy, I've learned one thing. If there is an interesting, unique, once in a lifetime astronomical experience, it will be cloudy.

YUP!!

[Calamity Kris]

We've had a lot of fog recently.  I hope we get to see it, but I'm doubting it as well.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

Syzygy!

[Pat Riot]

54 minutes ago, DocWard said:

Living in Ohio and enjoying astronomy, I've learned one thing. If there is an interesting, unique, once in a lifetime astronomical experience, it will be cloudy.

It happens everywhere I have lived. Especially here in CA. The “Marine Layer” always rolls in from the sea whenever there’s an astronomical event. Always! 

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

 

Ohio and Pennsylvania are close relations.  We have the same problem with Astronomical Events.  Clouds.  Lots of really THICK clouds.  I have a nice Telescope.  It's covered with Dust.  Just too cloudy to use except on evenings when there is nothing to see.

[Subdeacon Joe]

2 hours ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said:

It happens everywhere I have lived. Especially here in CA. The “Marine Layer” always rolls in from the sea whenever there’s an astronomical event. Always! 

 

Night and morning low clouds and fog, burning off mid-morning, to become mostly sunny.

[Sedalia Dave]

Forecast here is for clear skys Monday evening.

[Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L]

Saw them last night. You could see them separately with the naked eye, but using binoculars, they both were very distinct.

[Utah Bob #35998]

Clear skies predicted here! 

[Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172]

Rain here. 

[Trigger Mike]

What direction will they be and what time?  

[Sedalia Dave]

 

9 minutes ago, Trigger Mike said:

What direction will they be and what time?  

 

From https://www.spaceweather.com/

 

 

[Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971]

with a light north wind - should be good viewing

[Pat Riot]

3 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

 

Night and morning low clouds and fog, burning off mid-morning, to become mostly sunny.

Yep...perfect conditions for watching night time astronomical events. 

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967]

2 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said:

Clear skies predicted here! 

 

Bob, did you ever get your telescope?  

[Sedalia Dave]

More info https://skyandtelescope.org/observing/sky-at-a-glance/

 

Interactive star map

https://skyandtelescope.org/interactive-sky-chart/

[bgavin]

Forecast for Clear in Sacramento on 12/21...
That is the day when Summer is coming!

[Rye Miles #13621]

12 hours ago, bgavin said:

Forecast for Clear in Sacramento on 12/21...
That is the day when Summer is coming!

You mean WINTER don’t you?

[bgavin]

Nope.
Winter solstice is the shortest day of the year.

[Sixgun Sheridan]

I've seen a lot of the celestial events that occurred during the summer, but winter is always a bad time here in WA because it's our monsoon season. I last saw the planets a few weeks ago when they were close enough to get in the same shot with my camera, but it looks like I'm SOL tonight because it's been pouring all weekend and will continue for the next several days. Unless of course I hike up to the top of Mt Rainier.

[Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172]

Well, it will happen, I am certain, with or without my viewing. 

I don't have much of a view here. 

[Sixgun Sheridan]

13 hours ago, bgavin said:

That is the day when Summer is coming!

 

I like that... think positive!!!

 

But then again, than means come June 21st winter is coming...

[bgavin]

Yep. 
That is absolutely true.
This gives hope to those in the hot climates...

Here in Sacramento, it gets so hot I caught two Hobbits trying to drop a ring into our pool.

[Rye Miles #13621]

4 hours ago, bgavin said:

Nope.
Winter solstice is the shortest day of the year.

The first day of winter is Dec 21 the winter solstice. What are you talking about? You said summer !

[Rye Miles #13621]

17 hours ago, bgavin said:

Forecast for Clear in Sacramento on 12/21...
That is the day when Summer is coming!

Again it’s winter on Dec 21 not summer!

[Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L]

Saw them Saturday but too late as they were right by our street light and already very low on the horizon.  Looked last night right at dusk with my 10x binoculars and could clearly see the two dots one larger that the other.  Tonight will look again with my 25x Kowa spotting scope on a tripod to hopefully see them better.

[Yellowhouse Sam # 25171]

On 12/19/2020 at 7:59 AM, Rye Miles #13621 said:

YUP!!

My daughter lived in the Cincy area for 12 years.  I don't remember a single sunny day during the winter.

[Captain Bill Burt]

Not a cloud in the sky here.  The Burt bunch will be heading to the lake in a bit to get a good view.  Guess I need to get the telescope out and dust it off.

[Rye Miles #13621]

If course it’s raining here right now and it’s been cloudy all day and into the night. Guess I’ll see a picture of it’

[Cowtown Scout, SASS #53540 L]

 

 

Well it finally got dark enough to see them and with my 25x spotting scope I could barely see the outline of the rings of Saturn, pretty neat.

[Dutch Wheeler]

On 12/19/2020 at 8:48 AM, DocWard said:

Living in Ohio and enjoying astronomy, I've learned one thing. If there is an interesting, unique, once in a lifetime astronomical experience, it will be cloudy.

And it certainly was in Cincinnati!

[DocWard]

19 minutes ago, Dutch Wheeler said:

And it certainly was in Cincinnati!

 

And Springfield.

[bgavin]

The seeing was a bit wispy, but we did well with my Dad's old Bausch and Lomb binocs.
It would have been better if they were tripod mounted, though.
The telescope would have brought them in much closer, but the seeing was hazy enough it would have soured any telescope photos.
If I'm still here 800 years from now, maybe the seeing will be better...