Some constellations are easy to see and some are not. Draco the Dragon is not the easiest of constellations to find in the Butler sky, but once you do you feel like you'...
Have you seen it? I’m talking about that super-bright and super red “star” rising in the east in the early evening Butler sky. That’s not actually a star; it’s the plane...
As far as I’m concerned any October is prime time for great stargazing, but this October of 2020 is a bonanza of celestial happenings over Butler!
The headliner is Mars...
I'm certainly a lover of large and classic constellations like Orion the Hunter and Ursa Major the Great Bear, but I have a soft spot in my stargazing heart for smaller ...
You and I are a tiny, tiny, part of something that's beyond enormous.
Our Earth, solar system, sun, and up to 400 billion other stars, along with Lord knows how many ot...
I just love the little constellation Delphinus the Dolphin, and I hope to make you fall in love with it too.
Delphinus is in the upper tier of the smallest of constellat...
After the evening twilight has been chased away, look in the low south-southwest Butler sky any evening in September.
Even in moderately light-polluted areas, you should...
Butler summer stargazing can be so comfortable.
However, for a lot of folks with Monday through Friday jobs, the wake-up call for work restricts extended nights under th...
There is no mistaking Jupiter in our Butler summer evening skies.
It pops out even before the end of evening twilight in the low south-southeast. It's by far the brighte...
We have two pairs of cat’s eyes shining in the heavens this summer — one much brighter than the other.
The brighter pair is made up of the bright planets Jupiter and Sat...
