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Hi Chris.
Yes, it's the coming together of Saturn and Jupiter, which can only be seen every 400 years or so. They were actually at their closest on the 21st, but they will still be near each other for quite a while. They can be seen from about 5.00 pm until about 7.00 low down on the Western horizon. Mars is also very bright, higher up in the South-Eastern sky. I too have a telescope, but it's such a pain to set up that I don't really use it any more. And as you say, standing out in the freezing cold no longer has the appeal it did.
ATB.
Yes, it's the coming together of Saturn and Jupiter, which can only be seen every 400 years or so. They were actually at their closest on the 21st, but they will still be near each other for quite a while. They can be seen from about 5.00 pm until about 7.00 low down on the Western horizon. Mars is also very bright, higher up in the South-Eastern sky. I too have a telescope, but it's such a pain to set up that I don't really use it any more. And as you say, standing out in the freezing cold no longer has the appeal it did.
ATB.