Time: 11:30pm - 12:00am (Dec 5, 2008)
Viewing conditions: Fair. Some cloud coverage, especially over Ursa Minor and Ursa Major. Due to artificial light and the Quarter Moon, viewing was difficult for higher magnitude stars.
Viewing apparatus: Naked eye
Location: Parents' house
I spotted Orion in the E/SE sky. The seven stars that make up the majority of the body (Belt, Betelgeuse, Rigel, and the other shoulder and foot) were easy to make out with the naked eye. Unfortunately, it was not dark enough around me to have a good view of the stars that make up Orion's Bow. Also, around 25° south of the bottom belt star I spotted Sirius. This was definitely the brightest star in the sky. I don't know if it was my eyes, but it had a very, very light purplish hue to it. Either that or it was an extremely bright white.
Pleiades was quite faint. I was able to locate it by following up from Betelgeuse, finding Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus and continuing upward. As I stated previously, it was faint. It took my eyes a few minutes to see it. I am looking forward to seeing it with a telescope sometime soon.
Cassiopeia was also quite easy to find. It's two points were directing my eyes towards the Quarter Moon.
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