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...
Sadly summer comes to an end this month, but the great news for stargazing in September is that there's still plenty of great summer constellations, and with the early s...
Constellations come in many sizes, shapes and flavors in our celestial dome. One of the smaller ones is Lyra the Lyre.
In case you're not into ancient musical instrument...
All of us living on this big world are tearing around the sun at a speed of more than 67,000 mph.
This month, as our Earth continues its orbit around the sun, we're runn...
I love this time of the year. There's plenty of summer left but you can kick off your stargazing adventures much earlier in the evening.
The skies are filled with celest...
At least according to most Earthlings, our home planet is considered the prettiest in our solar system.
It's hard to disagree with that when you see it from afar. The Ap...
At 10:56 p.m. EDT on July 20, 1969, Neil Amstrong put the first footprint on the moon, an event witnessed by a worldwide audience of an estimated 600 million people, inc...
When you’re trying to make the stars your old friends and getting to know your way around the constellations you need all the help you can get.
Asterisms can be wonderfu...
Moon mission, giant leap, was 50 years ago
It’s incredibly difficult for me to believe that this Tuesday, July 16, is the 50th anniversary of the liftoff of the Apollo 11...
Have you seen that really bright star popping out and dazzling the southeast Butler sky after sunset?
It’s hard to miss. It’s actually Jupiter, the biggest planet in our...
