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This is why people view and image the night skies for themselves; otherwise, we would all just browse coffee table editions of night sky images taken by professional observatories and space-based telescopes or astronomical images off the Internet. Making a direct connection with the universe is what we seek. One of the best ways for city or suburban astronomers to achieve this personal connection has developed through the growth of star parties.
The world is not like a picture painted by an artist centuries ago which now hangs untouchable in a museum. It is more like a work of art in constant process of creation.
Ernesto Cardenal
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Treadwell, T. (2017). Star Parties. In: Astronomy Adventures and Vacations. The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50002-7_4
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