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Finding specific stars in the night sky might seem overwhelming. All those stars!
\nAt a glance stars look like a million twinkling points of light that are impossible to sort out. But with a little information, you may discover hunting some stars is not so difficult.<\/p>\n

Turns out we don\u2019t see a million stars. Less than a couple thousand \u2013 and usually many fewer than that \u2013 are visible to most people\u2019s unaided eyes. The brightest and nearest stars are easily found without a telescope or binoculars.<\/p>\n

Stars Are Not Star-shaped<\/h2>\n

Stars are big balls of gas that give off heat and light. Sound familiar? Isn\u2019t that what our Sun does? Guess what, our Sun is a star. It seems confusing, but all stars are suns. Like our Sun, stars are also in the daytime sky. During the day, the Sun lights up the atmosphere so we can\u2019t see other suns\u2026 er\u2026stars.<\/p>\n

Our Sun isn\u2019t even the brightest star. In fact all the stars we see at night are bigger and brighter than the Sun. It wins the brightness contest during the day simply because it is incredibly closer than all the other stars. (At night we don\u2019t see the Sun because of Earth\u2019s rotation. Our Sun is shining on the opposite side of Earth and we are in darkness.)<\/p>\n

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