Celestron Optics company has a really useful tool for observing the night sky: The SkyScout Personal Planetarium.

- Identifies celestial objects with the click of a button
- Locates over 50,000 stars, planets and constellations from built-in celestial database and provides scientific information for each object
- Provides comprehensive text and audio descriptions providing history, mythology and other entertaining information for the most popular objects
This is just a really awesome way to learn what is out there in space. There is no other way to know what you are looking at sooooo easily.
I have to get one of these! Maybe my kids will get one for Christmas....hehehehe