Planets light up the sky
The stars and constellations of summer are well out of their winter slumber and they’re waiting for you to enjoy them on warm, clear July evening...
Since 1989 there have been nearly 3,500 confirmed extra solar planets orbiting other stars, just in our immediate vicinity in our vast home galaxy, the Milky Way.
There ...
Daylight hours begin decline
This is the last weekend of spring 2017.
Just as Steve Miller sang in the rock classic “Fly like an Eagle” in 1976: “Time keeps on slipping, ...
Last month in Starwatch I told you about the Zodiac band that runs through the night sky. Because the Earth and the planets all orbit the sun in nearly the same plane, a...
Four out of the five brightest stars currently seen from Butler are readily visible in the celestial dome.
Of course the sun is our brightest and closest star. Once the ...
June is tough on stargazers because it has the shortest nights of the year. You have to wait until late in the evening to take in the starry show.
Good stargazing can’t ...
There’s a bright shiner lighting up the Butler heavens these warm late spring evenings.
It’s Jupiter, the big guy of the solar system. Without a doubt, it’s by far the l...
Virgo the Virgin is one of only three constellations representing women that we can see in our Butler skies over the course of the year. Andromeda the Princess and Cassi...
On Sunday night we have a great conjunction, or what I like to call a celestial hugging, between the nearly full moon and the planet Jupiter in the southern Butler sky.
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Later sunset delays start
I’m so happy that Jupiter is so bright and beautiful in the Butler night skies this month because honestly, May is not one of my favorite months...
