Don't Miss The Triple Phenomenon Of Moon Conjunctions, Jupiter And Saturn, Tonight!

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JAKARTA - Tonight, Indonesia's sky will be decorated with a super rare astronomical phenomenon of sightings of Saturn and Jupiter adjacent to the Moon. This phenomenon called triple conjunction will only occur until tomorrow night.

According to the official information of the National Institute of Aviation and Space (Lapan) mentioned that the opportunity to observe this celestial phenomenon is in the direction of the East-Southeast near the constellation Capricornus. Those of you who are interested in observing it can choose the time since 03.00 WIB local time or around the dawn of the sea (42 minutes after sunset) ends.

Tonight, when it conjunctions with the moon, the planet Jupiter will appear with a erility magnitude between -2.08 to -2.09. Meanwhile, the magnitude of the planet Saturn is constant at +0.74.

"Certainly the triple phenomenon of the conjunction of the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn, which began tonight can be seen in the Indonesian sky, if the weather is clear, the night sky is quite dark and also free from light pollution," lapan wrote, as quoted by VOI, Wednesday, April 7.

While the next day, April 8, 2021 became the last phase of triple conjunction. In this phase the conjunction begins with Jupiter, which will be flanked by Saturn and the Moon, located at coordinates 12.67 - 8.54 degrees East-Southeast.

Here are some unique facts about the planet Saturn summarized from various sources:

The planet Saturn was first discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. The name "Saturn" is inspired by the name of the agricultural god of the agricultural nation. The rings on Saturn consist of a group of particles of dust, ice, and rock that revolve around Saturn. It took Saturn 10.7 hours (though not exactly known) to complete the spin on its axis and 29 years to orbit the Sun. There are 53 moons known to orbit Saturn. In addition, there are 9 more natural satellites still waiting for certainty, so the total could be 62 Saturn's rings could also be 'lost' from vision if they were so aligned with Earth.