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After all the trouble, due to turbulence, the real star may not even reveal the true quality of your telescopes or give you perfect collimation. An artificial star will provide you with an excellent alternative means to do the star test anytime and anywhere you want, without all the drawbacks of real stars.
A shooting star is not actually a star, nor does it shoot. It is officially called a meteor, a chunk of extraterrestrial rock pulled into the Earth's atmosphere by gravity. Most meteors are closer to dust or sand in size, not the large boulders frequently seen in science fiction movies. shooting star is not actually a star, nor does it shoot. It is officially called a meteor, a chunk of extraterrestrial rock pulled into the Earth's atmosphere by gravity. Most meteors are closer to dust or sand in size, not the large boulders frequently seen in science fiction movies.