Saturday, August 15, 2015

Luminosity

Stars and Big Dipper photographed a few nights ago.
    Everyone has viewed the Big Dipper. It's an asterism of seven stars. Can you see it?
    Six of the stars are bright. A seventh star, where the handle connects with the ladle, is dull in luminosity. It fades in an out when viewed in real time. If that star wasn’t part of the Big Dipper, nobody would notice it. The star would be insignificant.
    Millions of stars in the sky. Millions of people on Earth. A few stand out. Most do not. Stars have no choice in the matter. People do.

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