thanks i'll give that stellarium.org a try.

got you on the free thing a must for me as well. just got the scope and that was costly enough for now. plus my car was totalled today when a prissy up class girl ran a red light and plowed into my car. can u believe i pulled her out of her car and she tells the cop the light was green for her. whata SOB!!

I dont much like the google sky. dont get me wrong its really nice and cool with lots of information but its a bit more confusing i think for using it as a star map.

i have a good amount of light pollution. its pretty sprawled out here in Miami. its like one large city from Miami up past ft.lauderdale and west palm. its about 100 miles id say of city after city.

tonight looks like its going to be a wonderful night. no clouds and the humidity is down. im taking my scope out to a dark site tonight. i'll take your advise and start with Orion and work my way from there.

Peace and have beer for me!