Planetarium Newsletter - September 2024
Cosmic Curiosities
“There wouldn’t be a sky full of stars if we were all meant to wish on the same
“There wouldn’t be a sky full of stars if we were all meant to wish on the same
“The Harvest Moon glows round and bold, in pumpkin shades outlined in gold.”
~ Richelle Goodrich, American Author
Harvest Moon Effect
Imagine there was a full moon every night. A starry night sky would not be as spectacular, unfortunately, but there would be less need for streetlights. We’d probably have more songs and poems about the moon.
“That once a year, by hand or apparatus
“Do not look at stars as bright spots only.
“Like the moon, I have learned to be beautiful in darkness.”
- Collette O'Mahony, American Author and Poet
" Weather forecast for tonight: dark.”
- George Carlin, American Comedian
"How can I hope to be friends
with the hard, white stars
whose flaring and hissing are not speech
but a pure radiance?”
- Mary Oliver, American Poet