I WAS FIRST HOOKED on the night sky when I was a much younger and much shorter version of myself. It was at a campground beside a creek that is the beginning of the Rio Grande River. The trout fishing was excellent. So was the star-gazing because the campsite was near Creede, Colorado, elevation 8,700 feet. The nights are chilly even in the summer, and the sky usually crystal clear. It took a…