The king of the planets is jumping out at you in the early evening sky and stays out all night long. Not only that, it will be in our Butler evening sky through the comi...
Constellation is easy to find
Honestly, the constellation Corvus the Crow is certainly not one of those constellations that you stand out in your backyard and gaze at in ...
North Star is central to all
I know this may be old hat to a lot of regular readers of my column and veteran stargazers, but for the sake of new fans of the night skies ...
As the Earth continues on its never-ending journey, orbiting around the sun year after year, our evening view into the heavens is always changing.
In April the nighttime...
Welcome to part three of my trilogy on the birth, life, and death of stars.
In last week's column about the life of stars, I told you how stars cook up energy in their c...
Last week in Starwatch, in the first part of a trilogy of the birth, life, and death of a star, I described how stars are born in very large groups.
All stars, which are...
Orion Nebula worth seeing
Every so often I like to go into more detail about the life and times of those twinkling stars we see over Butler night after night, when cloud...
Constellation has clusters
The constellation Gemini the Twins pops out in the very high southeastern sky and resides on the east end of my favorite part of the sky with “...
We have the best of all worlds looking out from our world this month.
March stargazing is fantastic because you still have Orion and all the great constellations of wint...
In the history of this humble little star-watching column I’ve thrown a myriad of numbers at you about the sizes of the stars and planets available in our night sky and ...
