What star constellations can be seen From NEW YORK CITY??

[chris141]

What star constillations can be seen From the NEW YORK CITY region( Long Island, Queens, Westchester)?? Despite light pollution many stars are still visible around the NYC suburbs. I'm becoming quite fond of stars and constillations however living in Mineola Long Island ( about 15-20 miles away from new york city) i cant see the stars as clear as many other places in the U.S. How would i know where to begin or what to look at when studying stars in my location. The only form of constillation i can kind of see are the three stars that make the handle for the big dipper. I might not even be to sure about that as well. Can any body please help me identify stars around my region?

[Adolph K]

"Hello Northern Sky" is another free Planetarium Program. After you download these types of programs, enter your date and time, as well as your location and the program will show you a real time view of the sky from your house. Most of these programs will also let you select the dimmest stars to be displayed. That lets you set up the program to show you only the stars that you can see from your house. This helps you identify stars and constellations quite quickly.
I also live in a very light-polluted section in the city of Rochester NY and so your sky views should be almost identical to mine.
That is, The constellation Andromeda will be right overhead at 9:00PM with Orion low in the southeast and Taurus just above it.Most of the constellations directly to the south are probably too faint to be seen from your location. Although with the help of one of the programs you might be able to make them out.

Adolph

[tsr21]

Try
http://stellarium.org
You can download free software which is quite excellent and allows you to see the stars and constellations from any location worldwide.
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[popowich]

Try looking here for some ideas:

Forgotten Winter Constellations (http://www.space.com/spacewatch/051216_night_sky.html)

-Raymond

[Cirric]

Hi. Get to a southern location without any glare. Right now (midnight EST) you will see the seven stars that make up Orion to the south. Then use Stellarium as per the prior answers to find others. A great program and free. You should also see the comet Holmes almost directly overhead. (It is in Perseus.) Use binoculars if you have them.