Observation 1/09/11

The new year brings in good sight seeing in the skies.  I went out into my backyard back into this clearing in the woods and looked up.  I had never seen Orion's Belt with such ease.  It was centrally located straight above me at approximately 7:45 pm in Sarasota FL.  The moon was no where to be found as it was in its new moon stage so there were very few lights and third and fourth magnitude stars were easily spottable.