Astronomy aficionados await Jupiter’s ‘Great Conjunction’ with Saturn today

Astronomy enthusiasts will be directing their telescopes towards the evening sky after sunset on monday witness the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, a phenomenon where the tow large planets come so close that they appear to make a bright double planet. Birla Planetarium executive Director Soundararaja Perumal explained that Jupiter crosses the path of Saturn during its orbit around the sun once in every 20 years ,Jupiter takes 12 years to complete its orbit around the sun,while saturn takes abut 30 years,while doing so jupiter passes saturn at an angular distance of about one degree making then look like a pair,known as conjunction.