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...
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...
