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...
Early stargazing in July is always a wonderful time.
Even though you can't get started until late in the evening you can catch the wonderful heavenly show without freezi...
The king of the planets, at least in our solar system, has made a grand entrance into our early summer skies, and will continue to dominate the early evening heavens wel...
The summer of 2019 begins Friday at 10:54 in the morning, at least astronomically.
Astronomers call it the summer solstice, and it's the longest day of the year. Friday ...
If you sit back in a lawn chair facing northward after twilight on these late Butler spring evenings and tilt your head way up toward the overhead zenith, the Big Dipper...
It’s more comfortable stargazing in June, but there’s a price to pay. You can’t get started until late at night.
In most places the skies aren’t really dark enough until...
Virgo the Virgin is the second largest constellation in the night skies, but it's also one of the faintest
Its only bright star is Spica. The rest of Virgo's stars are b...
Ask an average person to name a star and chances are they'll come up with the North Star.
Without a doubt that's one of the best -known stars in the night sky, but “Nort...
