Observations for the night of December 26^th, using naked eye tools, 9:00 to 11:00 PM

When I first got outside I could see that Orion was just above the horizon. After finding as many stars as I could in Orion, about 8 in total, I then moved my gaze to the space above Orion’s head. It was here that I saw Pollux and Castor, the two brightest stars in the constellation Gemini. As the night went on, Venus became visible a couple of degrees away from Gemini. More directly above me at this point were the constellations of Pisces and Cetus, although many of their stars were not visible. Slightly above Orion and to the left was Taurus, as is distinguishable by the tight cluster of stars that make up its head.

Observations for the night of January 2^nd, naked eye tools, 8:00 to 10:00 PM

The two most distinguishable constellations, Orion and Gemini, were immediately visible, and distinguishing them was not particularly difficult.  This night I also saw a cluster of stars to the North that seemed to be a zig-zag, but was not recognizable. I looked up this constellation and it is called Lynx. Canis Major and Minor were also both visible; entirely due to both having one bright star. Taurus and Perseus were almost directly overhead at about 9:30. There were one or two stars on the Eastern horizon now, but it was difficult to tell which constellations they were in. On the west horizon, the constellations Cetus and Andromeda were a few hours away from setting. Venus was present as ever.

Observations for the night of January 4^th, naked eye observations, 7:00 to 9:00 PM

I went out an hour earlier tonight in an attempt to get a different look at the sky than I had been getting the past few days. What I got was a slightly more fall-like view of the heavens, but not by much. I was only able to barely catch a glimpse at what I believed to be most of Pisces and a portion of Pegasus. Aside from those two, the stargazing this night was much of what I had seen before; Orion, Lynx, Taurus, Gemini, Canis Major and Minor, Lepus, and Venus.

Observations for the night of January 10^th, naked eye observations, 9:30 to 11:30

This night when I went out Orion was already far up into the sky, and I was able to get clear views of Taurus, Gemini, Lynx, Venus, Lepus, and both Canises. As the night wore on, I got to see a little bit more than I had the other nights, and caught a few stars of Leo and Hydra before I went inside.