What are your thoughts about the Stars in the Sky, and the Planets that exist inthe CreatedUniverse?
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Hello MatthewG, good questions,
Most of the stars in our galaxy are thought to host their own families of planets. The Milky Way galaxy is just one of the billions of galaxies in the universe. The universe is a vast expanse of space that contains all of everything in existence. The universe contains all of the galaxies, stars, and planets.
How to See Stars at Night (5 Step Beginner's Guide) (spacetonight.com)
The Complete Guide to the Planets You Can See With a Telescope (littleastronomy.com)
Love, Walter and Debbie
This reminds me of how snow itself is similar to the stars in the sky. Every snow flake is unique in it's own special way, which is similar to us Human beings in how all of us are unique in our own ways. How awesome God is, worthy of praise.
Thank you for taking time to share, Scotta.
Sounds very cool what a blessing for you being able to see a fascinating sight, Behold.
My grandson is three years old. He loves the moon. (One of his favorite stories is Goodnight Moon.)
Earlier this week, and totally out of the blue clear sky, he told me that “Astronauts made the moon.”
I told him that astronauts visit the moon but it was God who made the moon. He didn’t say anything.
The next day he saw the moon in the sky and was telling me about “The big circle moon.”
I asked him who put the moon in the sky. He shouted from the backseat, “God put the moon in the sky!”
He told me that every day this week. Over and over and over …
I live in a rural area and have a very nice view of the stars at night.
I worked for a short while in a very remote area of Southeast Africa. There was no electrical lighting in the area. The first night I was there, I looked up to the heavens and it literally took my breath away. The sky was carpeted with stars. An incredible sight to behold.
I worked for a short while in a very remote area of Southeast Africa. There was no electrical lighting in the area. The first night I was there, I looked up to the heavens and it literally took my breath away. The sky was carpeted with stars. An incredible sight to behold.
Ferris Bueller
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You will never forget the first time you see the rings of Saturn through a telescope.
Ferris Bueller
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It's true. The night sky, especially along the band of our Milky Way galaxy, on a moonless night and without any interfering lights will take your breath away. The constellation Sagittarius resembles a teapot, and the milky clouds of our Milky Way galaxy look like steam rising up out of it's spout. You'll just stare at it in awe.
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I grew up with a fascination for astronomy. I read every astronomy book in my Elementary School, Junior High, and High School libraries. And I mean literally every astronomy book. Growing up in Colorado, we were at a high enough elevation and far enough away from Denver's smog and light pollution to have an excellent view of the skies. Even better if you took a short walk or drive into the Rocky Mountains. I found a buddy in college who was similarly enthralled, so he, his girlfriend, and I would go up on one of the local peaks and looks at the stars and planets. (His girlfriend, who would later become his wife remarked, "I realized Dan was really into astronomy when he asked if I'd like to go up in the mountains and look at the stars - and he actually brought a telescope!") I had a 3 inch refractor telescope at the time that wasn't much good; he had a decent reflector. To get a really good look at the stars, I took an astronomy 101 course. The university had a decent observatory, so I finally got to really SEE Jupiter's bands, Saturn's rings, the Orion nebula, some galaxy whose Messier name I've long since forgotten... It was wonderful!
Sadly, the need to be a grown-up and hold down a job has taken me to urban jungles where I can't see the stars. I have a better telescope now, but it's fallen into disrepair. The magic and the wonder of Creation got lost somewhere along the way.
I've never had a telescope but have always loved the stars. before they put lighting in our back street I used to walk to the end of my 40 foot garden and look at those ones I could see from there - the plough and orion. I miss doing that as a few years ago our council installed very bright lighting front and back.
Lambano
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Ah. The Plough. Had to look that one up. Ursa Major, better known as the Big Dipper here in the U.S.
There's also an Ursa Minor but I wouldn't recognise that one. Doesn't Ursa mean bear?
Lambano
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It does indeed, though my imagination doesn't see a bear when I look at the Big Dipper. Ursa Minor is the "Little Dipper", and it is famous for having the North Star (Polaris) in its handle. The two stars in the bowl of the "Big Dipper" (the blade of the plow, er, plough) point to the North Star.
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