Saturn.

June 5,
I’ve always secretly been an astrological nerd. I would get e-mail’s telling me when there would be a meteor shower, when the moon would be a different color, or when I could see a planet in the nights sky. Each and every time I forget that I live in the city and that the only thing I’ll ever see when I look up at the night’s sky is a plane and maybe one star.
When I met Yogesh Bhai he said to Priya and I, “Come to my house tonight and see Saturn”, I thought, What is he talking about? You can’t see Saturn from here. Priya explained how his family built a telescope to see Saturn and how they were given a prestigious award for it. I was amazed and I could not wait to get to his house.
Once we arrived, I saw the massive telescope outside pointed towards the sky. Immediately, I wanted to turn the knobs and focus it in different places but we were seated in their living room. His children: Karan, Divya, and Nimreeta brought out their coin collection. I was immediately amazed and not just from the weight of the binders. The coins dated back to centuries ago, some so old, they were probably worth a lot of money. They had collected them from various places: Zimbabwe, USA, and England. I was holding history in my hand. Next, they brought out their pictures of the moon and its craters. All the pictures they took themselves. It was then I realized that I was in a home filled with geniuses.
Finally, we headed outside to see Saturn. I looked in and could not believe my eyes that there it was and the first thing I said “awe it looks so cute.” Cute? Wrong word, wrong word. This is so amazing. Yogesh bhai then adjusted the telescope so I could see Saturn’s two moons, to which Karan, his son, said “Make sure your eyes are open when you look in” ha ha. Everyone laughed. Yogesh Bhai then used a laser and pointed to Saturn in the sky and it was the first time I was able to see any planet in the sky. I was completely honored by its presence.