Expert: Ed - 3/31/2010

Question
To whom it may concern;  My interest is in being able to know what constellations are visible to me in the northeast Pennsylvania area - and when.  In other words, say, for example, the constellation "Orion", the "Big Dipper", the "Little Dipper", etc.,-- what time of the year are they visible; in what quadrant of the sky are they visible; and, (if they do), do they have different locations in the same season. (?)  Thank you very much, in advance, for the expert technical help!!

Answer
Don, they do vary a bit by season.  These websites can help you figure out what you can see now.

http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/skychart/

http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/

http://www.astroviewer.com/

or, if you have Google Earth, click on the Sky button and it gives you lots of great stuff.

Keep Looking Up!
-Ed