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ASL: How to Sign About the Night Sky

By: Adan R. Penilla II and Angela Lee Taylor and

Updated: 02-08-2017

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Enjoying the serene beauty of the night sky is one of nature's most wonderful pleasures. Only one thing is better — having your new Deaf friends along to take in the view. Because American Sign Language is a visual language and the night sky is a visual phenomenon, it's fitting to see how these two awesome pleasures come together.

The signs listed here are fun to learn and fun to sign because there's movement involved — a shooting star, an eclipse of the moon, and a twinkling, star-filled sky are only a few examples.

STAR:

SHOOTING STAR:

FULL MOON:

CRESCENT MOON:

SKY:

STAR-FILLED SKY:

ECLIPSE:

HEAVENS:

SUN:

English: Did you see the shooting star?

Sign: FINISH — SHOOTING STAR — SEE— Q

English: The eclipse was red.

Sign: ECLIPSE — RED — TRUE (affirmation)

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Adan R. Penilla II, PhD, NIC, NAD IV, CI/CT, SC:L, ASLTA, teaches American Sign Language at Colorado State University and is a freelance interpreter for the Colorado court system. Angela Lee Taylor has taught ASL for Pikes Peak Community College and the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind.

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