Geminids will peak this week
Too many people, I’m afraid, have the idea that stargazing is reserved for warm summer evenings. Nothing could be further from the truth as f...
Triangle of stars shines above
Even though we’re well into the holiday season there’s still some summer in the cold evening skies.
In July and August, the summer constel...
There’s no hiding from it. Winter stargazing is not for the faint of heart, but if you bundle up and keep your feet and face warm, the rewards are heavenly.
Believe it o...
Every year it comes earlier and earlier, and like many of you I think things have gotten a little crazy. Let me say from the get-go … Remember the real reason for the se...
'Shooting stars' light up night
The Leonid meteor shower, one of the year’s better meteor showers, peaks in the early morning Butler sky from after midnight to the start ...
Before 1957, everything you saw high in the Butler night sky was untouched by human hands, assuming there aren’t any other humans out there beyond our solar system.
Tha...
This weekend we go back to Eastern Standard Time, and that’s just fine with me. First off, we get an extra hour of sleep, but more importantly, it’s dark enough for star...
Don’t miss ‘7 Little Sisters’
It certainly doesn’t happen every Halloween, but this year we have a full moon, or almost that is.
Actually the full moon this week will be...
This time of year you have the best chance to see the farthest thing away that you can see with the unaided human eye in the Butler sky. It’s the Andromeda Galaxy the ne...
Winged horse shines in East
One of the great constellations of the autumn Butler sky is Pegasus the winged horse and its adjacent constellation Andromeda the Princess. Yo...
