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How and when you'll be able to see the rare 'Christmas star' tonight

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direct to your inboxAfter another weekend of upsetting new for millions of people, everyone needs a bit of cheering up.And stargazers are in for a treat tonight as a rare 'Christmas star' will be visible in the night sky after being last seen 800 years ago.Also known as the Star of Bethlehem, the astronomic event sees Saturn and Jupiter come the closest they have done in centuries creating what the researcher described as a 'spectacular event in the sky'.The two biggest planets in our solar system become so close - just 0.1 degrees apart, one-fifth the diameter of the full moon to be exact -  that they appear as "one star" and are the brightest object in the sky.The event is somewhat of a phenomenon as it hasn't happened in our.

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