The last months, it became obvious that Jupiter and Saturn were nearing each other. On the night of December 21, 2020, Jupiter and Saturn only were in conjunction and separated only by 6'6''. Due to the bad weather on this night, I could not observe the closest encounter. Luckily, on December 20, the weather was very nice. With the naked eye, the view was already nice, but with my 20cm travel dobsonian, the view was really amazing. Both Jupiter and Saturn were visible in the field of view, even using my 5mm Nagler eyepiece (160x). The weather was not stable enough to use the 18'' Obsession. The planets were located very low above the horizon anyway, so using the 18'' Obsession was not an option.
The days before the conjunction, the weather was sometimes clear for a while in the evening, so I could take some pictures to see how the planets closed in to each other.
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| Jupiter and Saturn on December 20, 2020. |
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| Jupiter and Saturn on December 18, 2020 |
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| Jupiter, Saturn and the Moon on December 18, 2020 |
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| Jupiter and Saturn on December 15, 2020 |
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| Jupiter and Saturn on December 10, 2020 |
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| Jupiter and Saturn on December 5, 2020 |
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| Jupiter and Saturn on December 4, 2020 |
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| Jupiter and Saturn on November 28, 2020 |
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