Stargazing

Since about the only thing in the sky that I can name is the moon, I decided to try to learn how to identify the various celestial objects. I found a great site for a print-at-home star wheel that shows the positions of the stars at different months and times of night and went out for a stargazing walk with Jr. Scientist A. After explaining to him what the star wheel did, he started pointing to every star he saw asking me what it was called. He's always been interested in outer space, but this was a level of enthusiasm that I rarely see. Although I'm sure my star and constellation naming was less than completely accurate (I'm pretty sure I labeled a few airplanes as stars), both Jr. Scientist A and I had a great time.