star gazing

Another beautiful day. Even though the nights have been great for star gazing, I haven't done any for a long time. I got a call about a week ago from a former co-worker who was looking for operating instructions for a new telescope. I volunteered my neighbor Pete. Last night we went out. The scope wasn't the best, but we got some good looks at the moon, Saturn, the wild duck cluster, and the Hercules star cluster. It was great to get out there again.

But it is the stars as not know to science that I would know-the stars which the lonely traveller knows.
Henry David Thoreau
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