Let us get started with the eternally energising poem of Gopal Prasad Vyas "araam karo, aaram karo"
The full poem is here (with some spelling mistakes thrown in)
http://manaskriti.com/kaavyaalaya/aaraam_karo.stm
Here is our take on the concluding lines of the poem:
"Ek khaat bichaalo apni chat par, leto, baitho, aur taare gino"
That is what we need to do.
First and foremost, find a place from where regular observations could be conviniently conducted and place a charpai or a chatai there, for regular use.
And now, for some help with making friends with stars.
Do read the material placed on the website of Nehru Planetarium, New Delhi, at
http://nehruplanetarium.org/IYA2009/taare_sadak_par.htm
and at
http://nehruplanetarium.org/IYA2009/Taare%20sadak%20par.pdf
These might be of some help. There will be a lot of help placed on the wiki soon, keep checking.