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Astronomy buff Roger Lawien offers tips on viewing very rare occurrence
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Amateur astronomer Roger Lawien shows off his telescope and the cellular telephone app he uses to help him find planets, stars and constellations. Photo by Jon Flatland
This year - just four days before Christmas - the sky will offer something that hasn’t been seen since the Middle Ages and may have inspired one of the Bible’s most famous stories.
The two largest planets in the solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, will be so close to each other in the sky on Monday, Dec. 21, that they will appear fused into a single point of light. The last time this is believed…
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