Where can I find out what stars/constellations are above my house?

Question

Where can I find out what stars/constellations are above my house?

Answer 1

Here is one site that may help:

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

Within that site, you can create an account and set it up for your particular location.

http://www.heavens-above.com/logon.asp?T...

Not only will it tell you where the stars and planets are in your skies, you can see if specific spacecraft, such as the space station, will go ever your area.

Answer 2

Where do you live?  There are a number of star charts available online, which can tell you the constellations that are visible from where you live.

Answer 3

use a star map and find your location and then look up. hope it helps

Answer 4

Download 'stellarium'..it's freeware..gives u a planetarium view of the night sky.. (toolbar draws and names constellations 4u) ..if you can tell the time and compass directions it can give you any view of the night sky historical/future..u can also boldly go and split ur infinitives and explore space!

Answer 5

Google sky might help, or Celestia. a chart of the constellations should be enough though, there's only two hemispheres after all.

Answer 6

All kinds of places on the internet--

http://www.skymaps.com       print off a free star chart

or-------- download the free Stellarium, planetarium software and install on your computer.  http://www.stellarium.org/

Answer 7

They change all night long, and are different over the seasons. That is due to the rotation of the earth each day as well as the orbit around the sun.