stellarium

I'm always fascinated by how much easier it is to look at stars in some countries, where there are less lights and more darkness. Now there's the most fascinating software for you to observe the stars from your computer screen, and speed up virtual time to observe the stars in motion. The most awesomest thing is that you can toggle this button called 'constellation art' and ta-daa. Go see for yourself.

This was introduced during my astronomy lecture. I think watching stars pass makes you feel as if time is passing at an equally rapid speed, but maybe it's just because Dr Aslaksen is so gorgeously entertaining.