The Astronomical League has made arrangements for member society to purchase liability insurance at somewhat reasonable prices. Many shopping malls require liability insurance before they will let you do any type of display or program in their mall. Showing a person a star that is the same number of light years away as that person is old would not only have more meaning to the person but would also educate people that space is three dimensional. The problem, of course, is to find naked-eye stars that are visible early on Astronomy Day. Just pick out the closest one to the persons age.
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