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Right, you’ve opened the door and are standing in the garden/yard/field/outback/ savanna/rocky landscape/swamp, etc. gazing up at the night sky searching for something wonderful to appear. How many stars can you see on a clear night? Millions? Squillions? Zillions? In fact, away from light pollution, with a good low horizon, the maximum number of stars you can see at any one time is 4,500(ish). Count them if you don’t believe me. Of course, if you live in a major city, then bright orange skies can easily reduce this number to less than 200, so the darker your location the better.

A few things to start with…