Re: star watching ^-^
Hello Jocelyne,
If you go here and select either your nearest town or your latitude and longitude (exact location on Earth), you'de be surprised by what the sky can offer to you every night. The Iridium flares, as mentioned by E' are quite amazing and predictable and are in that site (They are the reflection of the sun on 40 degrees inclined antennas (like a petal of a flower) which act like perfect mirrors.Every Iridium has 3 of those antennas.
Last night, I went near the Francorchamps race circuit and saw ISS twice, Discovery once and several Perseids and the Moon rise.
Raoul