I have mixed feelings about this time of year, with autumn underway. I really love summer, but every year it seems to go faster and faster.
Still, the star-watching nut ...
October is such a wonderful time of year for stargazing over Butler. Nights are longer and offer great constellations, planets and other celestial treasures. Your Sky Gui...
Sadly, we say goodbye to Butler summer this Tuesday evening with the autumnal equinox at 7:04 p.m. Both the northern and southern hemispheres of the Earth receive equal a...
Even though we’re in the closing weeks of summer, the great, but faint, constellation Hercules the Hero is still with us, hanging upside down high in the early evening we...
Across the celestial dome over Butler, through the course of the year, big and bright constellations like Orion the Hunter and Scorpius the Scorpion cross the sky, and th...
Butler summer stargazing can be so comfortable!
However, for many folks with Monday-through-Friday jobs, early wake-up calls restrict extended nights under the stars to ...
Another Blood Moon is on the way over Butler! Catch a nap this Thursday afternoon, because later that night we’ll have a lunar eclipse beginning after 10:30 p.m. It’s not...
This week in Starwatch, I want to take you to the low southern skies for one of the best constellations of summer, Sagittarius the Archer. Not only is Sagittarius easy to...
Dare I say the days of summer are starting to wane in Butler. The back-to-school ads are running full-bore on TV, and the meaningless NFL preseason games have begun.
One...
It’s certainly rare to have a total solar eclipse and one of the best meteor showers in the same month, but that’s what's happening this August on nearly the same date!
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