Last week in Starwatch, I told you about the great Perseid meteor shower that continues this weekend, peaking late Saturday night and early Sunday morning. Earth is plowi...
The annual Perseid meteor shower is a late summer stargazing classic in our Butler skies. The Perseids, that peak this week, and the Geminids in mid-December, are the two...
We have a rare bird, or should I say birds in the Butler night sky this month: two full moons, one Aug. 1 and Aug. 31, with the second full moon considered a Blue Moon by...
It starts happening every midsummer. Bootes, the hunting farmer, begins his close pursuit of Ursa Major, the Big Bear. These two
constellations are right next to each ot...
It's certainly not one of the most prominent constellations, but Lyra the Harp is a distinctive one with a super bright star. Vega is the third brightest nighttime star s...
When you're trying to make the stars your old friends and getting to know your way around the constellations over Butler, you need all the help you can get. Asterisms can...
July stargazing this year kicks off with the first full "supermoon" of the year on Monday.
The term supermoon has always bugged me. Its origin comes from astrology rathe...
Over the next two weeks, the moon will be very prominent in our Butler sky, starting as a first quarter (half moon) on Monday and becoming a full moon a week later on Jul...
The summer of 2023 begins this coming Wednesday morning at 9:58, at least astronomically. Astronomers call this the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.
On Wed...
The planets Venus, named after the Roman goddess of love, and Mars, named after the Roman god of war, are both making a close approach to each other in the early evening...
