Every year about this time I like to put out my column on telescope gift giving.
You have someone on your holiday gift list who's looking for a telescope, no matter how ...
9 constellations named for them
This Thursday evening after the Thanksgiving feast and the football games, take a walk under the stars. It’s a great way to fight off the ...
Constellations, meteor show appear in skies
Stargazing this time of year around Butler is really getting a lot easier because first off, the nights are now a lot longer t...
This weekend Daylight Saving Time ends, and that’s just fine with me.
First off, we get an extra hour of sleep, but more importantly for stargazers it’s dark enough for ...
Stargazers urged to view Mars
There will be a lot of Halloween characters roaming around your neighborhood on Wednesday night, but Halloween will hang on in the night ski...
Just where did names originate?
When you gaze upon the Butler night sky, especially in the dark skies of the countryside, you can allegedly see all kinds of people and cr...
My first love as it has been for over 50 years is still visual astronomy and always will be but about 10 years ago I added the dimension of astrophotography mainly thank...
It actually looks like its name
I've been meaning to tell you about the tiny constellation, Delphinus the Dolphin, for a while now but with everything else going on this...
Get out and enjoy the absolute beauty of the Butler autumn night sky.
We’re entering the prime time of stargazing season. The nights are longer and with less humidity th...
Sadly we say goodbye to summer this weekend with the Autumnal Equinox at 8:54 Saturday night.
Even though both the northern and southern hemispheres of the Earth receive...