{"id":9672,"date":"2021-09-10T07:30:25","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T07:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/?p=9672"},"modified":"2026-04-12T02:49:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T02:49:26","slug":"the-night-sky-there-is-so-much-to-discover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wandinnorthps.vic.edu.au\/upschool\/guest-contributors\/the-night-sky-there-is-so-much-to-discover\/","title":{"rendered":"The Night Sky &#8211; There is So Much to Discover"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9672\" class=\"elementor elementor-9672\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-abc88f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"abc88f8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-97fb03a\" data-id=\"97fb03a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b26a666 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b26a666\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Orions-Belt-Star-Banner-1.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d9324b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d9324b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Night Sky - There is so Much to Discover.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acf61cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"acf61cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The night sky is our very own library in the stars. The stars and planets, galaxies and cosmic dust are our ancestors, mythically and realistically. You see, we are truthfully made from the dust of stars.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;We first learned how to live in harmony with the earth by reading from the stars. The stars and the constellations that stayed fixed in the sky from the dawn of time, were and are the keeper of records, time, history and memories.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our people, before written word, or even language, lived life governed by the forces of nature and the cosmic maps. B<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">y reading the planetary guide we learned how to farm, how to read time, to navigate the&nbsp;<\/span>world<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">&nbsp;and learn our place in it. The cosmos and our&nbsp;<\/span>starry guides<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">&nbsp;are what initiated the greatest of all human endeavours, our journey back to them is still our most triumphant.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">&nbsp;All we have learned since the beginning of human existence until now &#8211; started in&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">the<\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0px;\">&nbsp;stars.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0559a91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0559a91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/central.digitalschools.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2000-Thin-Grey-Divider.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8a2cf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a8a2cf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Orions Belt - The warrior in the night sky.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-575255f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"575255f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Orions Belt &#8211; is a very easy constellation to be viewed almost anywhere in the world. 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