Chapter 2 Party with the Stars

Discover the places in the Mid-Atlantic where the sky is so dark you feel as if you can reach out and touch the stars. Learn how to use binoculars and telescopes and visit observatories. If you want to party with the stars, you must follow a few simple rules.

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Right, used with permission of the Mark Slade Remote Observatory: The Eagle Nebula is a 5.5 million-year-old cloud of molecular hydrogen gas and dust. It lies within the Milky Way Galaxy approximately 7,000 light-years from earth. Astronomers believe our solar system formed from a structure similar to the Eagle Nebula.