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Star grazing
They were at a star graze and the name suggests a heavenly feeding frenzy. But let me explain.
We see the moon as a smooth, round sixpence but if you look through a telescope you see mountain peaks sticking up past the edges. A star graze occurs when the moon passes in front of a bright star and the star disappears and reappears from behind the peaks. The idea was to perfectly time each appearance and disappearance to help give an exact profile of the moon.
At the pivotal moment there was nothing but cloud. One man thought, ‘I believe in God so I’ll ask Him to help,’ and he prayed a silent prayer.
The sky broke enough for about ten viewers to make the observations. Then it closed in again.
The recorders were played back for everyone and right at the end of one recording a lone voice came through, ‘Thank you, Father.’
And out through the distant stars I think I heard the lonely echo, ‘But where are the other nine?’ Luke 17:17. Let’s thank Him for our today!
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Some
thirty observers with telescopes and short wave radios spread out to watch
the star, Spica, graze the mountains of the moon.