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darkness in our backyard

Last night, while Paula and Christie were fighting off drunken twenty-something's at an Alanis Morrisette concert, I sat in darkness in our backyard with a pair of binoculars, looking up through the cloudless sky at the Big Dipper, the North Star, Arcturus, and others. I've been reading an astronomy book for about a week. Last night was our first clear night.

There's more of a glow from Allentown than I would have liked, but I could see quite a lot. Next time we'll bring out Paula's nifty telescope and see what we can see.