This post is cross-posted at Play Outdoors. "One of Play Outdoors' prime initiatives is for children to have every opportunity to make a connection with nature and the outdoors." Sounds great, doesn't it?

When you look into the sky on a clear night another world appears. Stars twinkle, planets glow, meteors shoot across the sky and your imagination expands. Stargazing with your children can open a new world of hunters chasing bulls across the sky, giant bears roaming the darkness, black holes and red planets.

Stargazing can be as simple as lying on your back and gazing upwards. Or it can be as sophisticated as setting up a complex telescope and charting celestial movement. Most of us enjoy something in between.

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