Catch the Sky: Meteor Shower

Stargazing as a catch-them-all game: the board is the real sky over your house. Every night Catch the Sky picks three things that are actually up: the Moon at its phase, the brightest planet, a star or a shape in season, a shower on its peak. You go outside, hold up the phone and swing toward one. The reticle warms as you close in. Hold it for a second and the sky gives it up — a flash, a chime, and the pin drops onto your board. THE BOARD Eight Moon phases, five planets, the brightest stars, eight shapes, ten meteor showers. Caught pins in colour, the rest waiting. Streaks count nights out, not taps. Badges for a full Moon cycle, all five planets, a week of nights running. Some of it you can catch this week. Some of it you wait months for, because that is when it is up. THE CATCH Point the phone. Ticks quicken, a tone rises, the ring tightens. It uses the compass and the motion…