{"id":31099,"date":"2020-12-21T21:43:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T05:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/?p=31099"},"modified":"2020-12-21T21:50:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T05:50:15","slug":"december-21-2020-jupiter-and-saturn-conjunction-the-earths-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/2020\/12\/21\/december-21-2020-jupiter-and-saturn-conjunction-the-earths-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"December 21, 2020  Jupiter and Saturn Conjunction (plus the Earth&#8217;s Moon!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201221_5700_WLV.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-31102\" src=\"http:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201221_5700_WLV-1024x736.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201221_5700_WLV-1024x736.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201221_5700_WLV-171x123.jpg 171w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201221_5700_WLV-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201221_5700_WLV-768x552.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stormbruiser.com\/chase\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/201221_5700_WLV.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn occurred on this date. \u00a0It was the closest that these two planets have appeared in our sky in the past 800 years! \u00a0I attached the Canon 6D to the Celestron C8, turning the telescope into a 2000mm lens. \u00a0These were shot from my front yard. \u00a0The planet images are moderately cropped.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: 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