A mini solar eclipse, compliments of Mercury
The planets Jupiter and Saturn have been putting on quite a show in the evening sky since midsummer, shining among the retrea...
The colder and longer Butler nights of November are a stargazer’s paradise.
The bright winter constellations are on the rise, but the best show this November is actually...
Ghosts, goblins, and assorted other demons of the dark will be lurking this week among us with and without costumes, especially on Thursday.
There'll be airborne spooks ...
One of the great constellations of the Butler autumn sky is Pegasus the winged horse, along with its next-door neighbor, Andromeda the Princess.
They're easy to find. Th...
Another full moon is upon us this week, whitewashing the Butler night sky and making it tough on stargazers.
We’re also getting into the time of year when the full moon ...
There are all kinds of celestial characters among the constellations and all of them have stories dreamed up by people over the eons.
That’s certainly the case with the ...
As far as I'm concerned this is the prime time of stargazing season, and I think you'll agree.
The nights are longer and because there's less moisture in the air the ski...
The last weekend of summer is upon us.
While autumn can be wonderful in so many ways with changing leaf colors and much less humidity in the air, it’s always hard for a ...
“Shine on Harvest Moon,” a song more than a century old, will certainly be playing in my head this weekend and most of the coming week.
If you’re under 50 you may not ev...
The Great Hercules star cluster is one of the true treasures of the summer and early autumn Butler sky.
It's a dense cluster of stars all crammed together in a tight sph...
