Stargazing

[Sephex]

Guess I'm lucky here in Montana; you can see the stars most every night where I am. It's very dangerous to drive with me at night because I'll get distracted just by glancing out the window at the sky and trying to pick out constellations. xD

Another thing that's awesome about where I live is there's very little light pollution so unless it's an overcast night there's always stars. The best time for stargazing is winter, when it feels like you can see everything there ever was or will be. I'm pretty good at recognizing planets and galaxies, pretty bad at recognizing constellations. I can always find Polaris, thought, and with that the Big Dipper.

Jealous of both of you. I didn't note it in my original post in this thread, but I also live in a light polluted area (southern Chicago suburbs). While I can see a good amount of stars, I have been all over the country and have seen what you guys can experience every clear night. I wish I could to, especially since I am interested in astrology these days.

[Tigmafuzz]

I have an interest in astrophysics, so I stargaze quite a bit. Although it's usually a bit more than gazing.
Sometimes knowledge takes the "fun" aspect out of it, but knowing exactly what you're looking at most of the time can create even more of a sense of wonder.

[Jiro]

Canadian: "And I think those stars there make up Orion's belt."
Texan: (interjecting) "Whatever. You guys can name 'em, but we own 'em."

True story.

[Slothy]

Speaking of Orion's belt, that's the one thing I can always locate. It's right above Orion's ding-a-ling.

[escobert]

I love looking at the stars!! It's one of my favorite things about living here, bright stars.

[Kossage]

Light pollution is problematic over where I live too, but whenever electricity is out or if I bother driving to the beach or to our summer cottage, there'll be plenty of opportunities to see the stars in all their splendor.

I do enjoy stargazing; it's quite soothing.