Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Nikki who loved to look up at the sky at night. She would often see twinkling stars and wonder what they were. One day, she asked her father, ” Papa… What is the difference between a galaxy and a constellation?”
Her father explained , “Nikki… a constellation is like a picture made up of stars. It’s like connecting the dots to make a shape, just like how you would connect dots in your coloring book to make a picture. But unlike pictures in her coloring book, constellations are not real objects. They are just patterns that we see in the sky.”
Her father further explained, ” Nikki…on the other hand, a galaxy is like a big family of stars. It’s like having lots of stars together in one place, just like how you have lots of friends in your school. Galaxies are made up of billions of stars, and they can be different shapes and sizes.”
Nikki was fascinated by this explanation and asked her father, “Papa… Whether I can see a galaxy one day?” Her father smiled and said, ” Yes Nikki.. you can see the Milky Way galaxy on a clear night.” Nikki was excited to look for it the next time she went stargazing.
So, Nikki learned that constellations are like pictures made up of stars, while galaxies are like big families of stars. And just like how Nikki loves her friends and family, the stars in galaxies love each other too!
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