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That's a good idea. I'll look into that, and hold off on the telescope discussion for now. I downloaded Stellarium and tested it out this evening (Equinox seems to be for Mac only). It's amazing! Certainly the coolest program I've downloaded in a long time. I must have seen two or three dozen stars ...

Thank you. I'll look into Stellarium and/or Equinox. I'm happy to report that my early experiments with downloadable star charts have gone well. My wife and I have identified over a dozen stars and other objects over the past few nights. The next step, I think, is to get away from our light-saturate...

Thanks for the tips, everyone! Sounds like Sirius is a good bet for the object that prompted my question. I'm sure I've been told dozens of times what it is, but haven't managed to memorize the information yet. And I just couldn't figure out how to find out. I got the all-sky chart for my location f...

Hi all. Long time APOD addict, first time commenter. I consider myself pretty adept at this here internet business, but I'm tired of Googling and searching forums and visiting web pages that haven't been updated since the days of geocities. The time has come to swallow my pride, ask my question, and...