I love this time of the year because we still have plenty of summer left and the nights are getting a little longer. There is almost another full hour of nighttime and t...
It's been building since early spring and culminates at the end of this month …. the great Mars show of 2018.
Even now during the evening twilight Mars will be rising in...
The southern end of the early sky is a bit congested this summer with the bright planets Jupiter and Saturn already shining away, with Mars adding to the fray next month...
Rest up in the afternoon so you can be nice and fresh to take in some divine summer stargazing this month. It’s not truly dark enough until after 10:30 p.m., but it’s wo...
Last week I attempted to explain the tricks for finding Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, the Big Bear and the Little Bear.
What complicates things a bit is that the Little Bea...
Outside of the moon, the easiest thing to find in the night sky — even in brightly lit urban areas — has to be the seven bright stars of the Big Dipper.
As soon as it’s ...
As our old Earth orbits the sun we're treated to nearly 70 constellations as the nighttime side of Earth faces different directions of space through the course of the ye...
We’re into the shortest nights of the year now so good stargazing can’t really begin until after 10 p.m., and the show is pretty much over by 4:30 a.m. when morning twil...
Even in the worst areas of light pollution, Venus has been putting on a great show this spring and will dazzle on through most of the summer.
Without a doubt, Venus is ...
Big planet has over 60 moons
Jupiter, the goliath planet of our solar system, is set to put on quite a show through the summer in the Butler sky.
Currently it’s high enou...
