Without fanfare, but to apologize for my barnyard coordinates:

From Kansas City
Central time zone, USA

Facing South
5 hand widths to the West
about 5 1/2 hand widths up
there are two lights (stars?) in the early night sky

With your arm outstretched, they are just a thumb width apart
on a West to East line.

I would like to know what those two points are.
We've developed a relationship this week


ALSO, on that same line towards the East
there is a dim star and then a bright body
that I think is Saturn.

I don't know offhand, but why don't you download a star chart (you can find them online) and print it out. Then you can look around and find stars. Sometimes the charts have interesting information as well, about what planets are in view. etc.

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The two that are real close are Saturn and Regulus (Alpha Leo). The dim object to the East is probably Mars and the brighter one, Procyon (Alpha Canis Minor).

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I've found the following to be very useful.

http://www.heavens-above.com/

The above will create a whole sky chart for you. You can provide a date and time and it'll show the stars and planets for then. If you register (free) you can also provide your location and that will be considered when making the chart.

A word of warning though, when looking at the sky chart, east and west might not be where you expect them to be.

Well that was helpful.

I did even more digging and the two "stars" would be
Saturn and, a real star, Regulus; Leo's left front paw.

Thanks for the help.

Absolutely; that's my primary reference when I go camping. Not just stars, but sooooo much more.
Actually; you can just choose your location, and save the url that appears after selection. Every time you use that link, you will be at the right coordinates.
To elaborate on that, it's designed to be viewed while holding it over your head.

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I'm sorry. At 47, at I'm still prone to child like excitement and rush through things. I wasn't able to print the sky chart and spent good time angling my head near inverted in front of the monitor to make out what I was looking for. Comprehending your post would have been MUCH easier. Duh on me. Thanks again.

I suggest downloading Stellarium http://www.stellarium.org/

You can pretty exactly reproduce your point of view without requiring a degree in astronomy.