Astronomy Night 3/26/11

Tonight, I attended Astronomy Night from 7-9:30 p.m. on the Pine View Service Road.  There was a clear sky and when I first got there, it was still very light out, so no stars could be seen.  But as it started getting later and darker, we could start seeing some 2nd magnitude stars.  The first star that appeared was Sirius, from the Canis Major Constellation.  Then, the three stars of Orion's Belt could be seen, and then Canopus, and then Procyon.   Then I could pick out Betelgeuse, Rigel, The Big Dipper, The Little Dipper, Gemini (with Castor and Pollux visible), Taurus (with Aldebaren visible), The Little Dipper, and Polaris.  It appeared that the stars started to slowly shift to the west throughout the course of the night.  At around 8:30 p.m. Saturn started to rise in the east.  Two telescopes were set up in which we could view Saturn, and we could see its rings through it.