Autumn is here with an occasional frost and also  some excellent night skies crystal clear views of the constellations of the northern hemisphere ... it is only needed to open the door to see Ursa Major and Ursa Minor whose tail is at the fixed point of the sky ... Polaris marks due north (almost a minute of arc offset) then around to the back garden to  see Cassiopeia with the river   of stars that are our Galaxy ... the 'Milky Way' this is the still point in time around which all other stars  circle giving us the abilities for calculating seasonal changes and time in general our natural time ... always present if not visible.  All the stars we are   belonging together with