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Originally Posted by turbo_pascale
To visualise where things are, I would strongly suggest you go and get Stellarium. http://www.stellarium.org/ It's free!
I wish I had a program when I started out, as simple to use to visualise the sky as I would see it from where I live. You just plug in your co-ordinates (or click on the world map), and you can see what they sky looks like at any time. It's great to orient yourself.
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The only problem I have with Stellarium is that right now it shows a beautiful sky that makes me want to get the scope out, but when I look out the window there is a thunderstorm going on!
Seriously Stellarium is great and runs on almost any operating system (Windows, Mac, *nix). You almost don't need the scope! It's open source and it's totally free. You can even add in your own horizon if you have obstructions to your view (neighbours etc.).