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...
Without a doubt, one of the strangest constellations in the Butler winter heavens is Auriga, the chariot driver with goats on his shoulder.
It must have been quite a par...
I think February stargazing is the best.
It's the best stargazing of the year in Butler, not so much for the personal comfort of the stargazer, but for the wonderful cel...
Blue moon will be super and bloody
This coming Wednesday we’re having an extremely rare astronomical event over Butler.
It will be a super bloody blue moon, all in the sa...
Last week in my column I attempted to cover all of the astronomical treasures of the constellation Orion proudly shining in the Butler southeastern sky.
It’s loaded with...
Orion the Hunter is the king of the constellations as far as I’m concerned.
Believe me, I’m far from the only one with that opinion. In the minds and imaginations of man...
Welcome to stargazing in 2018.
January nights are the best of times, but can also be the worst of times for stargazing. It's certainly not for the cold weather faint of ...
