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You're not wrong there. That would be awesome.
Just did a bit of a very quick bit of research (there may be one sooner) but the next closest conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn that I could find that is visible (ie not during day light) is around the 21/12/2020 at 8:00 pm EST. They will only be 6' 31" apart. Visually I would imagine they would only be 1/5 of a full moon diameter apart.
On the 17/12/2020 there is a 3 day old moon 2deg 45' from Saturn, Saturn is only 29' from Jupiter and in the middle between Jupiter and the moon, just 1 deg 9' from Jupiter is M75. Unfortunately Jupiter will only be 8 deg above the western horizon.
Just think 15 years to hone your observing skills. Good Xmas present for the solar system to give us
Last edited by [1ponders]; 27-06-2005 at 09:31 PM.
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