Without a doubt, the usual highlight for stargazing in August is the annual Perseid Meteor Shower.
Unfortunately, this year the moon will be just past the full phase and...
This week in Starwatch I want to tell you about one of the crown jewels of the Butler summer night skies. I also want to get you prepared for the best celestial happenin...
This Tuesday we'll have our first full moon of astronomical summer over Butler but for all practical purposes the moon will be pretty much full all week long.
As much as...
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...
