learn the constellations

latest iPhone has a cool program for this—but I don’t have one (I’m a Blackberry user) and am not quite inclined to get it just for this one thing.

I would have done this a long time ago, but unfortunately I live less than mile from a huge State Prison which has thousands of flood lights. Even on the clearest of nights I can only see the stars in a corner of the sky. :’(

1. Gemini
2. Canis Major
3. Canis Minor
4. Orion
5. Taurus
6. Auriga
7. Perseus
8. Leo
9. Ursa Major
10. Ursa Minor

http://www.google.com/sky Google Sky!

Free sky maps for your region for every month:

http://www.skymaps.com/downloads.html

I can find already the constellations:

Ursa Major
Ursa Minor
Pegasus
Orion
Cassiopeia
Orion

And the stars/group:

Pleiades
Sirius

Which is better than nothing, but not too impressive.
Next I want to learn the thirteen constellations of the zodiac.

the constellaion of the Great Dog contains the brightest star inteh whole sky.
It is called Sirius, found at the dogs head Sirius is sometimes called the Dog Star.

I am going to look out for this one first – it is near the unicorn , the dove and the haire and the Stern

I took an astronomy class in high school (10 years ago) and loved learning about the constellations. Unfortunately after years of not using the knowledge, it has faded away…

I’ve always wanted to be more familiar with the stars. That is, the ones that matter. ;)

its something I’ve always wanted to do, but just don’t make the time. I hope to revisit it someday, but for now its just not high enough up on the priority list.

Have such a poor memory – can’t remember what I learnt about

Sat on balcony in Gibraltaar last week looking up at the stars which were quite bright but not knowing hte precise name of any of them.

Will buy a book!

They did look nice though