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...
It’s time to get out and enjoy the absolute beauty of the autumn night sky over Butler. We’re entering the prime time of stargazing season.
The nights are longer and wi...
Super moon, harvest moon, eclipse converge
On Sunday we will truly have a rare event in the Butler sky, something that we haven’t had for at least a hundred years and so...
Tiny constellation tells heroic story
I just love the little constellation Delphinus the Dolphin, and I hope to make you fall in love with it. It’s in the upper tier of ...
For sure the days are numbered, but it’s still summer and there are still plenty of summer constellations dancing across the Butler night sky.
What’s really nice is tha...
The constellation Lyra is faint, but it contains one of the brightest stars in the sky, Vega.
As soon as it gets dark enough after sunset look for the brightest star you...
Orbit, sun’s light, cause shape change
We have a summer full moon building this week in the Butler night sky. It’s our second full moon this month, making it a blue moon...
I hope at least one time this summer you can get away from the urban and suburban lit up skies and really take in the splendor of the nighttime skies.
Also, don’t forge...
