Now that the weather is warming up enough for me to schedule some serious star parties, the beautiful Orion arm of the winter Milky Way is in full retreat into the sunset. :( I just love that part of the sky. There’s so many bright stars.
Off the top of my head.... (Pardon my spelling)
Sirius
Betelgeuse
Belatrix
Rigel
Saiph
Alnilam
Alnitak
Mintaka
Castor
Pollux
Regulus
Procyon
Aldebaran (& the Hyades)
Capella
Then there’s the Pleiades. Soooo many bright stars in that part of the sky. I always lament some when my observing switches over towards Leo’s droppings. :)
It’s always tempting when the overcast finally clears here (overcast is part of the joy of living in the region of the Great Lakes) to spring for a modern scope with the computerized guidance and do some viewing. But I’d probably give it the same period of attention as the rowing machine and the treadmill. ;’)