Over the many years I've been writing this column, I've rattled off the distances to many celestial objects.
I don't often use miles to express stellar and galactic dist...
July stargazing is always wonderful, with the great constellations of summer climbing higher in the heavens.
This July is even sweeter because Jupiter and Saturn, the gi...
I don’t know about you, but with what’s been going on in our world we’ll take every bit of good news that we can.
Well, we have some. It will officially be summer this w...
Last week I attempted to explain the tricks of the trade for finding your way around Ursa Major, the Big Bear, and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear.
The Little Bear and the f...
Even if you’re new to stargazing, no doubt you’ve seen the seven bright stars that outline the Big Dipper, and this time of year they are easy to find.
After sunset, loo...
With the summer solstice on June 21, we're looking at the longest days of the year in the northern hemisphere.
Unfortunately, for stargazers, that also means the shortes...
Believe it or not, there's still a few winter constellations, most notably Gemini the Twins and Auriga the Charioteer hanging out in the western evening Butler sky.
Shar...
Since before the first of the year the bright planet Venus has been dazzling the western Butler sky, but we're approaching its grand finale in our evening sky for 2020.
...
Sputnik one was launched into orbit around Earth in 1957 and since then it's been joined by over 8,300 satellites in orbit at a range of altitudes, some of them with peo...
Evening stargazing has lost its chill, but honestly, also a little of its thrill.
The bright winter constellations continue their gradual exit out of the evening sky, no...
