Describe about a time when you observed the stars.
When you observed the stars?
Where and with whom you went?
What you observed?
How you felt about that?
To be honest, it is kind of leisure activity to look sky for me. In summer days, I sleep on terrace where I usually look moon and stars in night. I've been doing since childhood. Here, I am going to talk about a time when i observed stars. It was about a year before, When I went to Ludhiana for attending my cousin's marriage. We all members visited there 2 days before to attend other ceremonies too. As there were many guests, so we all cousins had to sleep on terrace. Then, we all laid our beds and starting gossiping. Suddenly, I saw a shooting star and also told to my cousins. Afterwards, we all began talking about stars. There was a beautiful view of twinkling brightly stars and moon. I and my cousins started giving shapes stars with our Name letters. It was really a great fun. Moreover, one of our cousins gave us lots of knowledge about stars as he had studied Science in Graduation. He told about the names of some Constellations like Leo, Aries. There are also many myths related to stars.Some superstitious people think observing shooting stars helps to fulfill wishes. As well as, once my neighbour also told me that when a person dies, he becomes a star. So that was the time when I Observed the stars.
Follow ups:-
1 Why do people like to study the sky?
People like to study the sky to notice the changes in weather; some see it as an inspiration for arts like painting, photography, etc. It is also important to study about sky and space to understand that we are a part of a very large universe, which ignites our curiosity about what's beyond the sky. Some people study it, as they believe that planetary movements affect a person's fate
2. Do you know any story related to planets?
I don't remember any one story, but I used to read the comics series Chacha Chaudhary, in which there is a giant named Sabu who visits Earth from Jupiter and decides to stay back with Chacha Chaudhary, after he tastes the food on Earth. There are also many movies made about superheroes from other planets, like PK, Spiderman, etc
3. Do you think children should be told planet stories to improve their imagination?
Yes, definitely. It is very important that children be told stories about other planets. It most certainly helps improve their creativity and imagination, because of the curiosity it ignites/creates in their minds Some children also end up taking it up as a career path and grow up to be astronauts, space research scientists, rocket engineers, etc.
4 Would children be benefited from watching stars?
Yes, children would be benefitted from watching stars. They become curious about the universe and outer space, which help increase their creativity and also, might help them chose it as a career path in the future
5. Would you like to watch movies on planets?
Yes, I like to watch movies about other planets and outer space. In fact, recently watched one such movie, PK, where an alien comes from another planet to Earth. It is a very good and inspirational movie, where this alien character has been used very nicely to portray all the blind superstitions we follow. This movie was a blockbuster/super-hit.
6 Did you like to watch the sky when you were young?
Yes, I liked to watch the sky when was young. remember that during summer vacations, we used to visit our farmhouse and we used to sleep outside, in the open. At that time did not know anything about constellations but we used to find the night sky with the twinkling stars very fascinating and beautiful.