I love stargazing, I have a nice little (not so little) telescope myself.: this one . But the best viewing is when the object is at the top of the sky, its when its clearest and brightest. Something you can look for thats easy to find though Majic, The Orion Nebula.... If you look at the Constellation Orion and at his belt, I believe its either near the end where the "sword is" or on the tip of the "sword" itself. If you look in that general area you'll be sure to find it. I know Rusty is into star gazing, he showed me some pointers a few months ago, but I don't know where he's been lately. Oh, try telescope.com Eric, and go here as well : click me