White (K)night (an ode to Light Pollution)
Dino Killer (special effect)
Urania
Auroral Enchantment
Through the Spyglass (Single Version)
The Spyglass Suite
The Messenger
Night Rain
Nocturne
Night Birth
The Ghost and Haleys Comet
Tour Sumner Star Theater!
Tour My Planetariums 2014 Rennovations!
Brief Titanic Lecture
SGN Telescope Tip One - Refractors
SGN Telescope Tip Two - Reflectors
SGN Telescope Tip Three - Magnification
Manage Sky Expectations (Black and White)
Manage Sky Expecations (Colour)
The Star of Bethlehem Promo
Home Planet-TAY-Riums Rap
Yard Scope
Comet Lovers Delight
Here's to You, Jenni Kay
Point Blank (Amateur Astro Version)
Monday, March 26, 2018
Saturday, January 6, 2018
How I Got My Own Stars
I got the idea I'd watch the stars, so I went out into the backyard clutching a small book to see them.
I couldn't see much, only the Big Dipper, there were too many lights.
I got a tiny spyglass so I could see more stars. It didnt work, it was too shaky and I couldnt see anything
So I saved and saved and got a larger department store telescope. Now I could see some nebulae and a bright galaxy or two, but the city lights were too bright. It was cold in the winter. It was hot in the summer. I couldnt stay up late.
I still couldnt watch the stars very well. I remembered once on vacation way out in the country I had really seen the stars, but I couldnt bring them home with me.
Then one day I got an idea. I took a cakebox from the bakery, punched holes in it with a safety pin, and put a small light under it in my darkened room I saw stars!
I made a small dome in my closet with poster board. I punched more stars. I saw the Big Dipper again, only now I could see it whenever I wanted. No late nights. No city lights. No cold winters or hot summers.
Then came life .. high school, college, marriage, a house, jobs, a son .. and my star dream slept until I moved to this small farm. Then I remembered my star dream.
I got a bigger telescope and went out, but the same problems were still there.
City lights. Early jobs. Cold winters. Hot summers. And then I remembered that cakebox in the closet.
And I remembered saying in my own dark .. I see stars!
And so I built and drilled and learned and experimented and tested and developed until one day I went into my own little building out in my backyard..
And in my own dark I flipped a switch.
And I almost shouted with joy.
NOW. After all these years .. I had my own .
I had my own stars. Do you want to see them?
I couldn't see much, only the Big Dipper, there were too many lights.
I got a tiny spyglass so I could see more stars. It didnt work, it was too shaky and I couldnt see anything
So I saved and saved and got a larger department store telescope. Now I could see some nebulae and a bright galaxy or two, but the city lights were too bright. It was cold in the winter. It was hot in the summer. I couldnt stay up late.
I still couldnt watch the stars very well. I remembered once on vacation way out in the country I had really seen the stars, but I couldnt bring them home with me.
Then one day I got an idea. I took a cakebox from the bakery, punched holes in it with a safety pin, and put a small light under it in my darkened room I saw stars!
I made a small dome in my closet with poster board. I punched more stars. I saw the Big Dipper again, only now I could see it whenever I wanted. No late nights. No city lights. No cold winters or hot summers.
Then came life .. high school, college, marriage, a house, jobs, a son .. and my star dream slept until I moved to this small farm. Then I remembered my star dream.
I got a bigger telescope and went out, but the same problems were still there.
City lights. Early jobs. Cold winters. Hot summers. And then I remembered that cakebox in the closet.
And I remembered saying in my own dark .. I see stars!
And so I built and drilled and learned and experimented and tested and developed until one day I went into my own little building out in my backyard..
And in my own dark I flipped a switch.
And I almost shouted with joy.
NOW. After all these years .. I had my own .
I had my own stars. Do you want to see them?
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