When we look up at the sky on a fine cloudless night, we see hundreds upon hundreds of twinkling points of light, some faint, others much brighter. We can see them best standing on a hill or high ground in the country; in towns, because of the smoke and the bright lights, we cannot see so many. Though most of these starts seem to flicker and twinkle, there are a few which are steady. These are not really stars but planets, quite near when compared with the stars, which are far away in space.
The Points of Light we see with our eyes
