http://www.fourmilab.ch/yoursky/
For example, the Lycée Arago is right here! 49.22872447348272, 4.008207321166992
To get your latitude and longitude, you can go there:and yes, the web is wonderful,let's hope it lasts.
http://www.getlatlon.com/
One bright star seems to touch the ground below the Southern Cross -- it is alpha Centauri, the closest star system to Earth. It is 4.24 light years away from us.
Here is where I found this great night sky picture:
http://www.dimijianimages.com/More-p20-Madagascar-p7/night-sky-from-Madagascar-gallery.htm
Below this marvellous sky, we get an image of the harm that's done to the trees: "90% of Madagascar's forests have been lost to agriculture and commercial logging since humans arrived there 2000 years ago."
You can watch a very interesting video about the subject. Just scroll down the following link.
http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2010/05/20/madagascar_logging_crisis/
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