# šŸŒ  Weekly Topic: Favorite thing about the Night Sky **URL:** \ **Category:** Arcade\ **Created:** [August 12, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097 "2024-08-12T16:53:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MakeCode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MakeCode](https://forum.makecode.com/u/MakeCode)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097/1 "2024-08-12T16:53:36Z")
Hello everyone! Sorry there was no weekly topic last week, but weā€™re back and weā€™re reaching for the stars. Thereā€™s a lot of news circulating about the Perseid Meteor Shower, and being that August is often a great time of year to catch shooting stars, we wanted to get celestial with this weekly topic. What is your favorite thing about the night sky? Does the moon captivate you and is there a specific moon phase that you find coolest? Are constellations where itā€™s at? Have you seen a shooting star? Have you ever seen a celestial body through a telescope? Or maybe you just like looking at the stars? Letā€™s talk about it! šŸŖ šŸŒŒ šŸŒ™ ---
**Author:** ![AlexK](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/alexk/32/33339_2.png) [@AlexK](https://forum.makecode.com/u/AlexK)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097/2 "2024-08-12T17:03:38Z")
I love the fact that there are two parts to our night sky here in the northern hemisphere: The northern sky, which stays constant, and the southern sky, which is ever-changing. In the winter, I say hello to Orion on every clear night because he is so dominant in the sky. In the summertime, Iā€™m usually drawn to Cygnus. I also love seeing the planets. Mars and Venus are super easy to identify; Jupiter and Saturn are a little tougher to distinguish. Just the fact that we can see a planet as far away as Saturn with the unaided eye is amazing to me. ---
**Author:** ![NeoStreak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/neostreak/32/27498_2.png) [@NeoStreak](https://forum.makecode.com/u/NeoStreak)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097/3 "2024-08-12T17:59:23Z")
Stars are balls of fire, I donā€™t see anything special. But no offense to anyone who likes the stars, of course! Shooting stars are meteorites, which is debris that fall, and they turn into balls of fire, which is known as shooting stars. But itā€™s just raining fire, whatā€™s so cool about that? Iā€™ve seen some constellations, but they just look like lines, I donā€™t see anything but lines, and lines, and thatā€™s what it seems to me. For example: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/7/1/7152588612ce3ade14ece95661ed7a744f02a1ba.png) _Isnā€™t that beatiful?_ People might ask, but isnā€™t that justā€¦lines? ---
**Author:** ![Mega0star01](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/mega0star01/32/14784_2.png) [@Mega0star01](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Mega0star01)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 5:59pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097/4 "2024-08-12T17:59:26Z")
i donā€™t actually know. ---
**Author:** ![sarah](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/sarah/32/33518_2.png) [@sarah](https://forum.makecode.com/u/sarah)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097/5 "2024-08-12T18:40:37Z")
Iā€™m a huge fan of just star gazing. Thereā€™s something about seeing those flecks of light in the sky that makes me very happy. I do enjoy finding constellations, but Iā€™m not the greatest at identifying them. ---
**Author:** ![Luke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/luke/32/32519_2.png) [@Luke](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Luke)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097/6 "2024-08-12T18:40:50Z")
Where I live there is so much light pollution that iā€™ve never seen a single star from there. However I have seen some spectacular blood moons and some eerie nights with the light of the city turning the night sky a muddy yellow ---
**Author:** ![RobbyZero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/robbyzero/32/17188_2.png) [@RobbyZero](https://forum.makecode.com/u/RobbyZero)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097/7 "2024-08-12T18:41:08Z")
Same. Every winter a 5:00 I wake up and look at Orion. But my favorite constellation is Scorpio my constellation which I can always find because of the tail. ---
**Author:** ![NeoStreak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/neostreak/32/27498_2.png) [@NeoStreak](https://forum.makecode.com/u/NeoStreak)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097/8 "2024-08-12T22:07:40Z")
> [@RobbyZero](#): > > Every winter a 5:00 I wake up and look at Orion. Orion pax? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/2/8/282d0ff9e9519cbc58669986f6ee9fdbb4bae4e6.jpeg) jk ---
**Author:** ![Future\_Knight](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/future_knight/32/22166_2.png) [@Future\_Knight](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Future_Knight)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097/9 "2024-08-12T22:07:41Z")
Constellations ---
**Author:** ![ChimbroDaPro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/chimbrodapro/32/15852_2.png) [@ChimbroDaPro](https://forum.makecode.com/u/ChimbroDaPro)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097/10 "2024-08-12T22:07:43Z")
What??? Constellations are NOT just ā€œlinesā€, and stars are not ā€œballs of fireā€!!! Theyā€™re not even fire!!! Itā€™s plasma!!! To ā€œstarā€t of stars create the very elements that make up everything around us, including you and me. Every single atom in your body was forged by nebulae, aka star dust. So, when you look at the stars, youā€™re looking at the origins of everything we know. Literally you are 100% star. Also, you gave shooting stars, and meteorites such little credit! Theyā€™re remnants from the early solar system, and an extremely rare thing to see! I canā€™t even stress how many times Iā€™ve tried to see one, and all I can say is, when you do see it, itā€™s not just ā€œraining fireā€. As for constellations, THEY ARE NOT JUST LINES!!! They are a representation of human imagination over CENTURIES! ---
**Author:** ![randomuser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/randomuser/32/32505_2.png) [@randomuser](https://forum.makecode.com/u/randomuser)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097/11 "2024-08-12T22:07:44Z")
Venus! Itā€™s the brightest and hottest planet in our solar system! And it has the most earth-like conditions in our solar system aside from earth itself, although it is miles high in the clouds. It was proven to once have had a moon that crashed into its surface, although it does currently have the first ever discovered _quasi-moon_ , or a moon that technically orbits the sun (making it an asteroid) but its orbit lines up so perfectly with venusā€™s that it appears to orbit venus and is affected by its gravity! Its name is zoozve : 3 I could go on forever; I was named partly after Venus, although not in the ā€˜god of loveā€™ way, in the ā€˜twin to earthā€™ way! ---
**Author:** ![\_jupiter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/_jupiter/32/28012_2.png) [@\_jupiter](https://forum.makecode.com/u/_jupiter)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097/12 "2024-08-13T01:50:41Z")
Black holes, god divided by 0 ---
**Author:** ![RobbyZero](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/robbyzero/32/17188_2.png) [@RobbyZero](https://forum.makecode.com/u/RobbyZero)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097/13 "2024-08-13T01:50:49Z")
Weekly topic idea: Forum members favorite vacation destinations. ---
**Author:** ![TeddyB](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/teddyb/32/35627_2.png) [@TeddyB](https://forum.makecode.com/u/TeddyB)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097/14 "2024-08-13T01:50:54Z")
I love looking at the moon. Itā€™s my favorite star ---
**Author:** ![redSprite](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/redsprite/32/34262_2.png) [@redSprite](https://forum.makecode.com/u/redSprite)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097/15 "2024-08-13T16:26:00Z")
Erm, whatā€™s a night sky? Never heard of it ---
**Author:** ![abuislam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e9a140/32.png) [@abuislam](https://forum.makecode.com/u/abuislam)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097/16 "2024-08-13T16:27:11Z")
My favorite thing about the night sky is the constellations. Connecting the dots and recognizing ancient patterns is magical. I also love watching meteor showers like the Perseidsā€”such a beautiful reminder of how vast the universe is!" ---
**Author:** ![Josef](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/josef/32/12457_2.png) [@Josef](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Josef)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097/17 "2024-08-13T16:28:44Z")
MALAYSIA HAS CHEAP FOOD AND GOOD FOOD+INFLATION IS MINIMAL ---
**Author:** ![ChimbroDaPro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/chimbrodapro/32/15852_2.png) [@ChimbroDaPro](https://forum.makecode.com/u/ChimbroDaPro)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097/18 "2024-08-13T16:28:57Z")
Um, the moon isnā€™tā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![NeoStreak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/neostreak/32/27498_2.png) [@NeoStreak](https://forum.makecode.com/u/NeoStreak)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097/19 "2024-08-13T16:29:22Z")
Constellations are lines of stars, therefore they are lines, stars are balls of fire, not plasma, as the sun is made of fire, and is a star. > [@ChimbroDaPro](#): > > stars create the very elements that make up everything around us, including you and me. Every single atom in your body was forged by nebulae, aka star dust. So, when you look at the stars, youā€™re looking at the origins of everything we know. Literally you are 100% star. Iā€™m literally not a star, the things around me are not stars. And if they were, theyā€™d by fire, because stars are made out of fire. When meteorites fall, the break apart and become a shooting star, and stars are fire, so it is ā€œraining fireā€. ---
**Author:** ![ChimbroDaPro](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/chimbrodapro/32/15852_2.png) [@ChimbroDaPro](https://forum.makecode.com/u/ChimbroDaPro)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097/20 "2024-08-13T20:47:37Z")
Bruh, those things I said were FACTS, you know. For example, stars are made of plasma. Look it up if you donā€™t believe me. I think youā€™re just arguing for arguement sake. Everything I said was the truth, a FACT. It was not opinion based. [Next page](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-topic-favorite-thing-about-the-night-sky/30097.md?page=2)