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...
Aries the Ram is certainly one of the smaller constellations in the night sky through the course of the year in our Butler skies.
To be perfectly honest, it’s not reall...
It was hard to pick one single topic this week for Starwatch so consider this an astronomical holiday season potpourri.
Annihilated comet
OK, as I told you in my column...
Geminids put on great show
The morning skies are definitely worth waking up and bundling up like crazy for as we get to enjoy the annual Geminid meteor shower that reach...
