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Post by Rogue Mon Dec 07, 2020 5:17 pm

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Post by Agartha Tue Dec 08, 2020 4:35 pm

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Post by Rogue Tue Dec 08, 2020 5:58 pm

Lol, you're right!!! Surprised

Try this for the real story (Not some fake....)

https://astronomy.com/news/2020/12/jupiter-and-saturn-will-form-rare-christmas-star-on-winter-solstice
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Post by TrueCrazyLion Tue Dec 08, 2020 6:11 pm

So the first Christmas Star link ended up linking to a story about a black hole! Razz

I’ll check the 2nd one out now Smile
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Post by TrueCrazyLion Tue Dec 08, 2020 6:26 pm

Just checked out the article, and coincidentally this was the first thing I saw:

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OMG! Razz

Really great article, very interesting, and I’ll try and remember to keep an eye on it closer to December 21st, especially if the nights nearer that date end up being overcast!
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Post by Agartha Wed Dec 09, 2020 6:56 am

Thank you for the real link! LOL

I hope it won't be cloudy and I'll go out to try to see the 'Christmas Star'... so, sunset will be at approx 15:39 in Scotland on the 21st. Forty five minutes after sunset, we should look 10 degrees above the South-Western horizon (this is for Scotland only, sorry but I don't know about other locations)
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Post by Rogue Mon Dec 21, 2020 7:50 am

I went out to see it tonight. I'll hold off on my review until others have had a chance to look.
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Post by Agartha Mon Dec 21, 2020 2:02 pm

It was raining... I didn't even attempt to go out.
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Post by Kaere Mon Dec 21, 2020 3:42 pm

It'll be my turn shortly but it's pretty overcast right now... wish me luck!
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Post by Rogue Mon Dec 21, 2020 4:01 pm

Good luck! drunken
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Post by TrueCrazyLion Mon Dec 21, 2020 5:16 pm

I’m liking Google’s acknowledgement of this today:

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And the sky is clear here tonight too:

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So it’ll be interesting to see if I can see this tonight! Very Happy
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Post by Kaere Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:08 pm

You would have seen it just after sunset, Lion. Any luck?

I didn't see it, much too cloudy. I'm grateful for photographs!
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Post by TrueCrazyLion Tue Dec 22, 2020 12:39 am

Aww, I was too late then - it was already several hours after sunset when I made that post Sad

(Actually I now remember reading that it would be soon after sunset... Ugh!)

Nope, not seen anything myself, unfortunately :-/

Looks like I’ll need to rely on photos too!
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Post by Rogue Tue Dec 22, 2020 4:51 am

To be absolutely honest i thought it was pretty unspectcular. It looked like a star in the sky. If that was thought to be a Christmas Star, then they must of had great imaginations way back then.
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Post by Agartha Tue Dec 22, 2020 6:13 am

Rogue, other people made exactly the same comment!
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Post by Rogue Tue Dec 22, 2020 7:33 am

Great to know I wasn't the only one!
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Post by TrueCrazyLion Tue Dec 22, 2020 6:58 pm

I guess in a year like this one has been, any non-Coronavirus story is enough to make the media get excited and make a bigger deal out of it than was necessary! LOL
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