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For quick object identification while looking at the night sky, I like Google Sky Map. Point your phone at the sky, and the screen will show labels for everything you see. When it came out, it was one of those magic moments of modern technology for me. It uses GPS, the phone accelerometers and the clock to know exactly what you point at, and the UI is pretty.
If you get her hooked, there's no way past Stellarium for proper nerding out during the post briefing. You can put your point of view anywhere, run the time forward and backwards, have planets/starts leave traces as they move, ect.
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