The Christmas Star (The great conjunction of 2020)

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A great conjunction is a conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn, when the two planets appear closest together in the sky.
On December 21, 2021, Jupiter and Saturn were separated by about 0.1 degree (as viewed from Earth).