CHAPTER 12

Sharing the Stars With Your Guests

That is the exploration that awaits you! Not mapping stars and studying nebula, however, charting the unknown possibilities of existence.

—Leonard Nimoy (actor)

The oldest stories ever told are those of the stars. We ceaselessly witnessed them throughout our tenure on planet Earth. Without fail, the stars made their grand entrance from the east, rising to the night sky’s zenith, then plunged into the western horizon. While they were aloft, we ruminated about their meaning and created our own. The quest of the astrotourist is both the exploration of the night sky and how the night sky has shaped the history of humanity.

A good place to begin is educating your guest on twilight and its three phases, ...

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