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Multimedia compositions that are inspired by outer space usually display and manipulate photographs from telescopes or utilise fractal images or animations. The performer or listener in these cases does not look into space with their own eyes. This paper describes the progress of a musical interface and compositional paradigms that correlate musical performance with naked eye and binocular astronomy, allowing the performer or listener to manipulate the music based on what is being observed in the night sky in real-time.