Neighbor kid corrected my star chart, humbling moment under Orion

Last month I was showing a group in my yard how to find Polaris using the Big Dipper, and this 9 year old from next door pipes up saying my chart had the pointer stars flipped. I double checked with my app, he was right, and now I always verify with a second source before I talk. Anyone else had a kid catch them on something basic?

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james924d ago

Got shown up by my own kid last summer when she pointed out I had Cassiopeia upside down on my planisphere. I told her the W shape looks the same either way and she just stared at me until I flipped it around. Now she calls it my "learning moment" every time we go out back with the scope. Kids have no mercy when you mess up the basics.

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