A clear blue summer sky finally grows dark and the new telescope, hastily set up in the backyard, generates excitment and anticipation. I bought it for the kids. The evening's first target acquired, James adjusts the focus knob and falls silent. His younger brother Christopher takes his turn. The view they shared was not too different from this image of the seven day old moon, recorded in July 2000 by kids and staff during an observing session at Space Camp in Izmir, Turkey.
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