
I've never done anything like this before. One time, when I was in a park in Utah, a ranger had a sun-telescope set up and I got to look at the sun and see a sunspot. That was aMazing.
I can't believe I've never done it before. It's free - I can just go to the observatory and hang out there and look at the sky, and it's only a few miles from my house. The whole observatory is on top of a little building, and it's like the Black Maria - the roof has a hole in it and it rotates to see a piece of the sky. And in the middle of the room is a huge telescope. A computer operates the whole thing - the astronomer just types in what he wants to see and the ceiling and telescope start moving. And he explains very nicely what you're seeing. I also saw a star that's actually two stars - looked like headlights coming sideways. Binary star? And a cluster of stars - beautiful. M34 maybe? Can't see them with the naked eye - but you could with binoculars. And a fuzzy nebulous with stars in the middle in Orion's sword. M42 I think. And then I waved at the Little Prince on B612 and went home.
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If we have a clear night when I'm in Atlanta, I'd like to take a look at the night sky from the observatory!
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