[TenthAmendmentChampion]

A book called The Stars by H. A. Rey, the fellow who wrote Curious George, is a great place to start. He drew recognizable pictures of the constellations and showed how to find them (and individual stars) in the night sky. There are also programs on the internet that show where to find what star and/or constellation.

[calex59]

If you want a good program for finding stars and planets,”My Stars” is a great star chart program. Costs about 20 bucks and can be found on the Internet at http://www.relativedata.com/mystars. I tried to make a link but for some reason it kept telling me it couldn’t go there. However, that is the correct URL and will get you there if you cut and paste. I use my copy to find where the planets and stars are before I take my little 6 inch reflector out in the yard. You can get a free version but it doesn’t show everything as the registered one does.