captain_spalding said:

Kingy said:

I just went outside to the alfresco to have a chat to Ms Kingy, and have a look at the night sky.

The chat was fun, but the night sky wasn’t so great.

It wasn’t very good, lots of clouds.

One star.

Stars are great.

You can find your way around the world with stars. Out of about 6,000 visible stars, 57 are used for navigation.

I had favourites, like Antares and Rigel. Seeing them night after night became a part of every day, and not being able to see them was a tiny disappointment.

Many years ago, I used to play a computer game about shipping called “Ports of call”.

It was fun, and I’m still trying to find it so that I can play it again.

Every new ship that I “Bought” was named after a star in the night sky.