<p>You exist? Woababa o_o.</p>
<p>Hahahahaha! We should make a whole star family.</p>
<p>starmom
stardad
starwoman
starboy
stargrandma
stargrandpa
staruncle
staraunt… lol it would be great</p>
<p>Why yes I do. Hi. :)</p>
<p>I think you guys are meant for each other!</p>
<p>Somehow, I don’t think so. </p>
<p>“Stargirl”, as in the Jerry Spinelli book?</p>
<p>nomad and princetongrl</p>
<p>^ I don’t get it? nomad and princetongrl? how are they related?</p>
<p>from cinderella story</p>
<p>so? what is the sense of this thread?</p>
<p>for nomad to meet princetongirl</p>
<p>so stardragon… you must be starman’s pet snake or something? :-P</p>
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Actually no, although it is quite a good book!
I chose stargirl for various reasons, primarily because ever since I was thirteen years old I wanted to be an astronomer. I’m in college now and due to a long story I am a physics major instead of an astronomy one despite the fact that my school offers both. Combine that with the fact that females are very rare creatures in physics departments and you get the fact that I’m called “that stargirl” by people who don’t know my name. I overheard it once and rather liked it, so the name’s stuck. 
So starman, what’s your story? ;)</p>
<p>so stardragon… you must be starman’s pet snake or something? :-P</p>
<p>Yes, stardragon has to be some creature!! lol</p>
<p>lol this thread is funny…
stardragon, starman, stargirl…we got the whole family ;)</p>
<p>Any takers for StarChild, StarGazer, or StarWatcher?</p>
<p>I like to star gaze. One of these days I’m going to buy a telescope because the planetarium is not exactly near where I live. </p>
<p>There was a week or a few days when Mars was actually visible in the sky (via a telescope) and it fell on my bday. I missed it, and supposedly it’s not going to happen for another thousand years or so. But I’m going to miss another cool event like that when I do get my telescope.</p>
<p>Correction: you can see Mars any old day in the sky, it’s just brighter at some times compared to others based on how close it is to Earth at the time (except when close to the sun, of course). Whenever a planet is the closest it can possibly be to the Earth and is up all night it’s known as an “opposition,” which means it’s at its brightest. Mars has oppositions every two years or so, its next one is this fall, and due to little orbital oddities it was at its closest opposition to Earth in over a thousand years in 2005.
You can still see Mars whenever it’s not at opposition and is up in the night sky, however, it’s just that due to the orbits of Mars and the Earth it often looks just like a ruddy naked eye star. Around opposition, however, it rivals the brightest stars for many weeks when it comes to brightness (opposition is going to be in October but right now it’s as bright as Saturn to give you an idea).
Hope that helps. :)</p>
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<p>i would too, but in jersey the smog is too thick</p>
<p>Stargirl, can you actually look up at the sky and tell what is what? About the only thing I can ever figure out is Venus.</p>
<p>Yes I can, thanks to a few years of being starstruck (I got a telescope as a Christmas present in 9th grade which also helped). All you need is one good astronomy book and a few clear nights, and if anyone wants a few pointers as to what are good ones just give a holler.</p>