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: Tiny specks of light (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto) are visible orbiting Jupiter.

: Subtle flickering caused by the Earth’s atmosphere as the planets sit low on the horizon. 🔭 Viewing Conditions

: Sharp frames reveal Jupiter’s cloud bands and Saturn’s distinct rings.

: This was the closest observable alignment since the year 1226.

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: Jupiter and Saturn aligned within 0.1 degrees of each other.

⭐ : This file is a digital time capsule of a "once-in-a-lifetime" astronomical rarity that won't happen this closely again until 2080.

: To the naked eye, they looked like a double planet or a single bright point.