The Butler area is a great place to spend the summer for the most part, but for stargazing it's too bad that we don't live a little farther south.
If we did we could rea...
We’re all stellar, literally.
The iron in your blood, the calcium in your bones, and the gold and silver you may be wearing were all forged out of an unknown star that e...
It's been awhile since we've had five fellow planets in our solar system visible to the naked eye. Four of the five are arranged in two pairs and one of them is a lone w...
Summer sparkles with brilliance
It’s not as explosive as a Fourth of July fireworks show, but stars are available for gazing every clear Butler night this month. While th...
Aquila was favorite pet of Zeus
There’s a very bad bird on the rise.
It’s Aquila the Eagle, one of the 65-plus constellations we see as we peruse our night skies in Butle...
3 brightest in east sky are triangle
We're just about all done with spring and even though we're already living the summer life with kids out of schools and vacations und...
It's available for viewing entire night
This late spring there's been a lot of stargazing talk about Mars and for good reason.
It's been as close to Earth as it's been s...
Last month I featured the Big Dipper, which according to modern protocol is not considered an actual constellation but rather just the rear end and the tail of Ursa Majo...
The nights are warmer but there’s a price to pay. It’s a late-night affair, and if you’re an aging stargazer like me make sure to get that afternoon nap and take in stra...
Since March I’ve been getting frequent inquiries about a bright red “star” in the low southwest sky just before morning twilight.
Lately I’ve also heard about a really b...
