Full moons in the summer are so special!
It's true that they're nothing but trouble for serious stargazing as they whitewash the celestial dome, and their light can also...
When you consider just how far away the cosmos is, the numbers can get so mind boggling that when you try to wrap your brain around them your head could explode! That’s ...
Corona Borealis, a Latin name that translates to “Northern Crown,” has always been one of my favorite constellations.
It's small but very distinct, and as evening twilig...
Sky is alive this summer
It’s not as explosive as a Fourth of July fireworks show, but stars are available for gazing every clear night this month.
While the average fir...
Hype sure has become a staple of the media these days, especially on the Internet. With volumes and volumes of information out there, writers and editors are desperate t...
This week is the swan song for spring 2013 as summer astronomically and officially kicks off in Butler at 1:04 a.m. Friday.
At that time, the sun reaches its most northe...
Of all the constellations that we see through the year in our Butler skies, Virgo the Virgin is the second-largest.
The only problem is that it’s also one of the fainte...
Get ready for late nights stargazing
These next two months have the shortest nights of the year. Good stargazing can’t really begin until after 10 p.m., and the show is p...
Before I get really far out with stellar distances, I urge you to get out in the very early evening to take in the great celestial hugging and tango going on between the...
There are five fellow planets in our solar system that we can see with the naked eye and in May we can see all of them except Mars.
The red planet is just coming out fr...
