Look up at the stars

I live in a rural area and so don’t have the issues of light pollution that I used to have in the city. Right now is ideal as the moon is not visible at night.

Last night the stars were magical. The arms of the milky way reaching across the sky in front of me. I noticed a few planets and wondered what they were. Awe inspired as ever I decided it was time to call it a night. So I got into bed, fired up the App store and downloaded the first app…

Star Chart is the app and you can pick up your phone and point it at the sky and it will show you the names of the objects you are looking at. Pretty nifty.

Jupiter was the planet that I could see off to the East.

I didn’t get out of bed as I thought it would then be another 3 hours before I went to sleep and self control won.

I am excited for tonight and learning about the heavens above as I spend a fair bit of time looking up at the sky in wonder.