2020 Dec 21 - Jupiter Saturn Conjunction

[theskyhound]

I've devised a method to locate this pair during broad daylight. My scopes do not have setting circles or go-To functions. It appears that the two planets will transit from my location ~14:25 and will be too faint to sweep up using my 13" Dob. This is about 2hours after the close appulse that Spider mentions. I plan on centering the nice double star 17CMa at 1:15 or earlier when it is near the meridian. I'll then lock down the scope and simply wait 13h14m51s. At that time, the Saturn/Jupiter pair should be just 4 arc minutes south of my center FOV.

Was wondering how to turn of all the Saturian Moons other than Rhea and Titan. I'm fairly sure that only those will be bright enough to view in daylight in my 13".

For SkyTools 4 Visual, use an eyepiece view, either as part of the finder chart or the eyepiece viewer part of the atlas. That's what they are for because these views will only show what can see in the telescope under the conditions. It will also tell you if they will be visible under those conditions.