2020-12-10, 04:48 AM
Over my 37 years of visual observing, I've been skunked by bad weather more times than I can recall. It seems that only eclipses and grazing occultations have taken more planning than the upcoming close appulse. I would have like to have observed the transit of Jupiter by Mars on Sept. 12, 1170 or the Jupiter occultation of Saturn in 6856 BC. Now those kind of events are incredibly rare. Hope everyone has the best weather but Texas Decembers can be really sour.