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Host Observatory Night Chart

The observatory has a near-match star label, two different chart copies and a telescope keeper list. Restore the reading order for tonight’s imaginary sky. Collect five named badge digits and use the final sheet. Every clue is on the table; ask the host for one hint at a time.

Before you start

Clue check & hints

1. Label

Hint 1

Start at S and check every letter.

Hint 2

The exact word starts in row 3, column 1. Check its letters against the target.

Hint 3

In that row, copy column 5, the cell immediately after the complete word.

Reveal host answer

6

Only row 3 has STAR followed immediately by 6. Other rows have changed or reversed letters.

2. Chart

Hint 1

Compare position 1 with position 1, not with a nearby matching shape.

Hint 2

Position 1 is one difference: hexagon in A, square in B. Mark it once.

Hint 3

Compare the remaining numbered pairs one by one. Add one mark for each unequal pair, then count all your marks.

Reveal host answer

5

Different positions are 1, 3, 4, 6, 8. There are 5 differences.

3. Keeper

Hint 1

No item can belong to two people. Cross out each forbidden pairing.

Hint 2

Rigel cannot have two items, so Rigel must have Pen.

Hint 3

Cross Pen off for the other two people. Apply the last NOT rule, then find Rigel's item.

Reveal host answer

9

Vega has Scope; Rigel has Pen; Deneb has Chart. Rigel's item gives 9.

4. Read

Hint 1

The printed cards are deliberately out of order.

Hint 2

Open roof must come first. Work out which action comes directly after it.

Hint 3

The first two actions are Open roof, then Set scope. Finish the chain and read position 4.

Reveal host answer

2

The only order is Open roof > Set scope > Read chart > Record sky. Position 4 carries 2.

5. Point

Hint 1

Move one square for each arrow. A revisit still counts as a move.

Hint 2

After the first 3 arrows, you are at row 2, column 3. Continue from there.

Hint 3

From that checkpoint follow up, right, down, down. Copy the last cell.

Reveal host answer

9

The route ends at row 3, column 4. That cell gives 9.

6. Final

Hint 1

Keep all five named badge results beside this sheet.

Hint 2

Begin with Label, then Keeper.

Hint 3

Copy one digit per printed badge box from left to right. Do not sort by clue number; zero remains a digit.

Reveal host answer

69259

Label > Keeper > Read > Chart > Point

Suggested timeline

Pause whenever the group needs a break. This is a planning estimate.