so suiting Christmas star name. 21st December is also the winter solstice, the shortest day. Be glad for the longer days to return!
Excuse the poor blurry photography this was handheld on my phone while out for a reccy!
#planets#christmas#starofbethlehem#conjunction#astronomy
#Jupiter and #Saturn low in the evening #Manchester sky, 7 days before they'll appear to pretty much touch! Aka the Christmas star or conjunction. It's one of the theories to explain a potential "star of Bethlehem", as Jupiter and Saturn came very close several times around 6-7BC
@jasonmnemonic Ha ha, I'm not there now. It was 5 years ago this week. Won't be travelling for some time yet it seems, and will watch my carbon footprint more these days
3 years already since the last total eclipse of the Sun that I witnessed, on an awesome road trip across America with my beloved @cotterocks @ Warm Springs Indian Reservation Oregon https://t.co/d3Ik0bSFOd
@jasonmnemonic Only just seen this tweet. You haven't missed it yet. Missed it at it's brightest perhaps, but I still got some great photos of it last night!
Pretty blown away to have been able to see #cometneowise so easily from #manchester this morning, above Manchester city centre from #chorlton. Even more that I could take a hand held photo of it with my #pixel4. Got… https://t.co/PDnPiquPgv