Jupiter - Saturn Conjunction Series : watch now or wait till 2080

How rare are Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions? And how often are they getting close as 6.1 arcmin?
I searched the internet and found this link : https://sparky.rice.edu/~hartigan/public-night/jupsat2.html  

When looking at this list we see that a simular conjunction took place in 1563 BC and 709BC. We also see some real close encounters in 372 and 1226 BC and it is believed that this could be observed.

How close is 6.1 arcmin, the distance next december 21, 2020? Tom compare, the moon is about 0.5° or 30 arcmin. I used software Stellarium to make this more visible using the field of view of my ASI224MC camera and my 80/480mm telescoop with barlow x2

The next close Jupiter-Saturn conjunction will take place in the year 2080. 

NOAA18 Weather Image

Weather Image from NOAA 18 weather satellite, dated today at UT9h56. Nurnberg WebSDR was used and this time I used my hardwired internet in stead of wifi network. Pictures are stacked and edited using CS4 and noise removal by DeNoise AI.

Lecture : Neutron Stars are Weird

On feb 1, 2020 the University of Maasticht organizes an online and offline lecture "Neutron Stars are Weird".

Moon Jupiter Saturn December 18 2020

Jupiter and Saturn getting closer and closer. Picture taken with Nikon D7500 and 18-200mm lens. The insert was taken with ASI224MC and TLAPO80/480 f/6. 

Moon-Jupiter-Saturn

This evening both the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn low above the south-western horizon.

 

Jupiter and Saturn within field of view

This evening Jupiter and Saturn are getting closer and closer with a final approach on december 21st. Today both planets came into field of view of my Nikon D7500/TLAPO 80/480 train. 

A made a composition of 3 pictures : 18mm, 200mm and 480mm

NOAA18 10122020 UT10h02

NOAA18 weather image of this morning UT10h02. Picture was received via WebSDR @Nurnberg (Germany). Pictures are stacked and editing using CS4 and DeNoise AI.