An extremely rare occurrence will take place in the sky close to midnight on December 21, when two of the biggest planets in our solar system, Jupiter and Saturn, will be seen very close to each other-in what is called 'The Great Conjunction.' At 11:50 PM, the angle between the two planets will be just about 0.1 degrees or 06'06" (six minutes and six seconds) from each other. Speaking to mid-day, Arvind Paranjpye, director of Nehru Planetarium, said, "This will be a very special event. The planets will be so close to each other that it will be extremely difficult-if not completely impossible-to see them separately with the naked eyes."

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