Astronomy nights

Day time is Sun’s time

It’s the only super star visible

Shining bright, drowning

The distant light years away star lights

Then the Earth keeps on spinning

Taking the day side to the dark side

Sun sets, it gets dark, it’s night!

Myriad stars, galaxies, nebulae

Now come alive with their lights

It’s time to see them, study them

It’s all about astronomy

Not all the nights are astronomy nights

It’s not enough being a night

We still need pitch darkness

Free from the drifting clouds

Away from the drowning city lights

Where sky is at it’s darkest best

It’s such night an astronomy night

All such nights are astronomy nights

We still need small to big telescopes

Positioned at the darkest locations

We now peer through them, capture the images

Study them now it’s exciting astronomy

Keeping vigil the whole night with stars

Till they fade away for another sun’s day

It’s not just star lights see thrill

It’s all about unraveling myriad mysteries up there

the desire to learn how stars, galaxies et al.,form

then die, then turn black holes etc., to learn the universe,it’s

coming into being, that’s all about astronomy nights!

-Mohan Sanjeevan