January 4th 2012
Time: 10-2:00
My backyard
Cloudy skies

In order to observe a good portion of this eventful night, I set up a blanket on my patio in my backyard and looked at the stars from 11pm until 2 in the morning. I was able to observe the planet Mars which was bright and orange in color. And I was also able to observe various different bright stars like Sirius.
Planets: Mars (orange in color and bright). I also detected and identified 3 different constellations; Gemeni, Lepus, Orion. This was the night the Quadrantids meteor shower was said to happen so I also attempted to see it. Most meteors were to small to be visible, yet I spotted various bright meteors with their tails stretching far acorss the sky.