Have you seen that super bright star rising in the low southeastern Butler sky shortly after sunset?
It's not a star, but rather the big guy of our solar system, the pla...
Most of the 66 or so of the constellations we see around the Butler night sky require you to suspend any sense of reality and turn on the imagination big time.
I always ...
This is your absolute last chance to see what’s left of the brilliant winter constellations in the Butler western sky.
They’re just about lost below the western horizon ...
The constellations Canis Major and Canis Minor are Orion the Hunter's faithful companions in our Butler starry skies.
Orion is one of the best known and most recognized ...
All winter long we’ve been dazzled and amazed by the bright luminaries that make up the cast of what I call “Orion and his gang.”
When you gaze upward into the late wint...
A traditional Easter egg hunt is a lot of fun, especially for kids. I certainly enjoyed them when I was young, a few dozen years ago.
It's also a lot of fun to roll acro...
Unusual event is not so rare this year
For the second time this month we have a full moon this week, and when that happens the second full moon of the month is traditiona...
Over the last several years or so you may have heard your local TV weather person declare March 1 as the start of meteorological spring.
It's certainly not a light switc...
The night sky is a grab bag of constellations of all shapes and sizes, with civilizations all around the world adding their own spin on the patterns of the night sky.
Mo...
Winter is the shortest season of the year, at least astronomically.
Again, we’re talking astronomically. Weather-wise it can be a whole different matter.
Even if you en...
