It’s Greek to most people
I’ve been into amateur astronomy ever since I was a teenager, which is more years ago than I care to share with you. And, no, I don’t measure t...
We have the best of all worlds looking out celestially from Butler this month.
March stargazing is fantastic because you still have Orion and all the great constellation...
Last month, I mentioned Jupiter was at its closest point to Earth in the last year. At the time it was about 390 million miles from Butler.
Since then, Jupiter and the ...
Stick man took down Medusa
Look up in the high western sky early in the evening and with a moderate amount of imagination and fantasy you can see a sideways stick man.
I...
King, queen forever linked
Valentine’s Day is upon us this week in honor of St. Valentine, a Roman saint in the early Catholic Church.
It’s believed by many church histo...
Orion top attraction
Star watching is wonderful this month. In fact, this is one of the best times of the year. It’s worth bundling up for and then some!
It’s especiall...
In last week’s Starwatch, I told you about the astronomical wonders of my favorite constellation Orion the Hunter, what I call the godfather of the sky!
As soon as it’s...
It connects 3 constellations
The stars of Butler’s celestial dome we see night after night, at least when the clouds decide to stay out of the way, are random arrangemen...
Largest planet puts on show
The king of the planets will get your attention in the eastern sky this month and will continue to dominate our Butler night sky well into sp...
The conundrum of stargazing this time of year is that while you can have some of the clearest skies and some of the best and brightest of constellations, it's hard to mo...
