Have You Been Watching Jupiter & Saturn?

The duo are close enough to be in the same field of view at telescopic power. You’ll be able to see the bands of Jupiter and the rings of Saturn at the same time. But each night the viewing window will shorten as the planets edge lower toward the western horizon. In the northern temperate zones the planets are only an hour from setting when the sky is dark. The best viewing will is from equatorial and southern regions where the ecliptic path places the planets higher above the horizon. See our blog post: Late-2020 Sky Events! for circumstance and observing advice on this spectacular event. 

December 10, 2020

I am writing to thank Al Nagler and Tele Vue.

Since December 1st I have been able to observe Saturn and Jupiter together in one eyepiece!! I am certainly very fortunate to be among the first humans in history to do so. I am very much aware of what this means. I own three Tele Vue telescopes (Tele Vue-101, Tele Vue-76, and Tele Vue-60) and I have been observing with all of them as Jupiter and Saturn are moving closer and closer together towards their great conjunction on December 21st. You can see Saturn’s rings well defined, next to Jupiter and its moons. It is such a thrilling experience!

Then I thought that this was possible thanks to AL NAGLER. Today, sitting in my garden and looking through my telescope, I decided to make a phone call to Tele Vue to thank them for this. Wow! suddenly I was connected to Mr. Al Nagler himself. I must tell you, with big emotion, I was able to thank Al directly. Thanks to his personal effort, commitment, hard work, and of all his family, we, amateur astronomers, have been given the gift of touching the Universe.

Alejandro García-Moreno
Astro Club Abuja
Nigeria (with a Mexican accent)

We’re happy to have helped Alejandro and his club bring the wonders of nature closer and sharper than ever before.