star's and where to find them.

[Tadpole]

A cute site that will in teach star gazing newbies how to find important stars by which you can navigate by.

Night sky
it only takes fifteen minutes to run through and you will learn how to find Three constellations, two stars, and where to look to find planets.
I found it useful

 

[Humpback]

Excellent !

 

[Jodie]

Wow! That's outstanding. Thank you

 

[Twoflower]

Nice find.

 

[Jodie]

I've just finished. It's an excellent example of how good we are at finding patterns.
Really enjoyed it, thank you.

As I'm in London I only really ever get to see those stars and planets anyway, without
any of the other background distractions.

I remember learning Cassiopeia and Orion in mid 1980s when Halley's comet trundled
past and our school went to a talk on it and we learned how to spot it. Still haven't
forgotten those patterns so maybe I found it a bit easier than most.

Awesome

I can't imagine how the first person ever to see one of these photos would have felt:
http://www.randybrewer.net/images/FCT150-Images/Sky-Rotation.jpg

 

[RodStrod]

excellent find, excellent post......i learnt something today!

 

[torc]

I find this site also very useful.
http://www.heavens-above.com/
Many, many great features.
Happy trails.....torc.

 

[gunnix]

Nice page, it looks great for newbies. This concept is really great, I wonder if there are any like this but for more advanced stuff, it'd be great. Because I'd love to learn more stars and constellations, this way looks really easy.

 

[gregorach]

Hmmm... I'm not too sure about the assertion that Jupiter is the brightest planet. Venus is brighter.

It's actually much easier in real life, once you get used to it.

 

[Tadpole]

Hmmm... I'm not too sure about the assertion that Jupiter is the brightest planet. Venus is brighter.

It's actually much easier in real life, once you get used to it.

You are right the planet Jupiter is not the brightest object in the sky. The planet Venus is and then the Moon (when it’s in the sky). Jupiter is however a very distinctive and easy to find object with the unaided eye. And for your second comment, again you are right, everything is easier, once you know what you are looking at/for.

 

[Goose]

Not a bad site, I would reccomend a planisphere to anyone wanting to find out a little more. They are an excellent piece of kit, easy to use once you have a couple of constellations you can identify and you can work out exactly where the planets are. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planisphere
I got mine from a museum shop for about a four quid, well worth it.