How do i find the constellation Cassiopeia? ?

I have an Astronomy assignment to find the constellation Cassiopeia. How do i find it?|||If you don't see any stars in the sky, you have too much light or too many clouds around.





Against light pollution, you should go away from cities and heavy traffic roads. Then remember, your eyes need time to adapt. Most humans need about 10 minutes to adapt to darkness, some more lucky do that in a about 3, others don't even adapt properly in an hours. Give yourself some time to find out how you adapt. Don't look into the direction of lights for the start. Don't use flashlights or if really needed, use a flashlight with a red filter. Red light does not harm your night vision adaption.





Against clouds, there is nothing you can do, but wait. |||Hi Kourt!





If you're in the North Temperate Zone, you can see Cassiopeia any night of the year.





This evening, September 2008, as soon as it gets dark, look in the northeastern sky. You'll see an easily noticeable "W" constellation. That's Cassiopeia!





From the latitude of New York or southern Europe, it's about one-third of the way up in the northeastern sky, the perfect altitude for finding it. Further north, the "W" is higher in the sky. The farther south you get, the closer it gets to the horizon this evening. In Costa Rica or Thailand, you'd enter a latitude where part of the "W" would still be beneath the horizon this evening.





Cassiopeia rises higher as the night goes on, reaching its height about 2 a.m. Daylight Saving Time. If you were in Brazil, South Africa or Australia, you'd be able to see it peeping over the northern horizon around 1 a.m. from Rio, Johannesburg and central Queensland. South of their latitude, Cassiopeia cannot be seen, any night.|||In order to easily find constellations you must know to identify the constellation Orion since the north of Orion is the Northern Celestial Hemisphere and the south of Orion is the Southern Celestial Hemisphere. Once you find Orion, look at the north of Orion. You will find Cassiopeia somewhere over there. Cassiopeia looks like an inverted "W"...|||Can you tell us why you aren't seeing any stars in the sky? Is it because it's cloudy, or is it because of light pollution? If it's cloudy, you have to wait for the clouds to move away; no astronomer can see through clouds. If it's because of light pollution, presumably because you're in an urban area, then you will need to travel to a more rural area where there is less stray light. One way to tell the difference between clouds and light pollution is to look for Jupiter in the southern sky. Jupiter is bright enough to be visible even with the worst light pollution, but will be blocked by clouds.|||If you face the north star (polaris, due north, approximately 42掳 up from a city like Buffalo NY), it is up a little higher and to the right of it. The main stars form a line shaped like a W kind of tilted up on its edge a bit.|||look at some star charts. it's in the northeast in the evening. it's a very distinctive constellation, and bright enuf to be visible from just about anywhere.|||If you have eyes then you can probably see it. It is a gigantic W. or M in the sky. |||It looks like a big, lopsided "W" in the northeast sky after sunset. You really can't miss it.