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...
Even though December is upon us, we still have some summer constellations residing over Butler.
Just like professional sports seasons, there’s a lot of overlap with the ...
Telescopes always make great presents
Got someone on your holiday gift list who loves astronomy and stargazing? Maybe that someone is you.
Well there's much to choose fr...
Comet’s fate up in the air
If you’re a frequent flyer on the Internet, you may have come across news of a tremendous comet brighter than a full moon adorning our predawn...
