Now that we’re well into spring, you can easily see the Big Dipper at the start of the evening, suspended upside down, high above the northern Butler horizon.
It’s nearl...
May stargazing offers quite a variety across the celestial stage.
At center stage are the spring constellations, while in the west, at least in the early evening, the la...
Finding your way around the Butler night sky can be intimidating, especially if you’re new to stargazing.
The best way to learn the constellations is to use the ones you...
Now that we’re well into spring and winter is history, at least astronomically, big changes are going on with our evening constellations.
Even though it’s spring, Orion ...
While the boys of summer have hit fields and stadiums across the good old USA, the celestial boys of winter are gradually making their way to the horizon in the western e...
April is truly a month of transition. Butler nights are shorter and you have to stay up later to begin your stargazing, but the trade-off is that the nights are getting w...
Our Pennsylvania gardens are home to a variety of invertebrates such as insects, spiders, centipedes, snails, and many others. We see these creatures throughout the sprin...
Stargazing binoculars never get enough credit. They may not have as much light gathering ability and magnification as telescopes do, but binoculars have definite advantag...
All around us, there have already been signs of spring. Due to a change in the law several years back, daylight savings time has kicked in earlier. If you're a frequent r...
In the case of the two celestial hounds of heaven, the constellations Canis Major and Canis Minor, you can blame Orion the Hunter for letting the dogs loose in our starry...
