I'm a grandmother who used to "dabble" in astronomy when I was younger. My brother is a SETI user and piqued my interest. We used to sit on top of the garage with a telescope to view the planets and the moon. When Sputnik was launched, we made star charts to show it's track across the sky. This may prove to be interesting.
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