I enjoy looking at the night sky and looking at the stars. I can sometimes guess the Big Dipper now and then, and some times I notice some new ones like Venus a few weeks ago that was under the moon.

Most of the time I like to reffer to this program: Stellarium which is really wonderful. It is for all platforms and extremely powerful and easy to use. One great feature is time travel. Sometimes I notice something bright and wonder what it is. I just remember the time and general direction then go back to that momment in the program and see what it is.

 This is great but you have to wait til you get back to your computer.

 Now I found this site: Amateur Astronomy that can teach you the night sky in 15 minutes. It is really simple it shows you the basic constellation and stars in relation to it, then you have to find it.  Its kinda like Wheres Waldo for the sky.

It has taught me to find:

• 3 constellations
• 2 stars, one is the north star.
• 1 planet