WWU Planetarium - Amateur Astronomy

Western Washington University College of Sciences and Technology Physics/Astronomy Dept. Bellingham, WA USA

AMATEUR ASTRONOMY
"We had the stars up there," said Huck, "And we use to lie on our backs and look up at them and discuss 'bout whether they was made or just happened. Jim he allowed that the stars was made, but I allowed they just happened. Jim said the Moon could'a laid them; Well, that looked kind of reasonable so I didn't say nothing against it. I've seen a frog lay most as many, so of course it could be done." Mark Twain (Huckleberry Finn)

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