When most folks think of stargazing they think of going out after dinner, taking in the stars, finding constellations and maybe poking a telescope at something celestial...
It’s the spookiest time of the year!
This week, many ghosts, goblins and assorted other demons of the dark will be walking among us, with and without costumes, and alleg...
Some constellations are easy to see and some are not.
Draco the Dragon is not the easiest of constellations to find, but once you do you’ll feel like you’ve really acco...
There are a number of bird constellations winging their way onto the celestial stage we call our night sky over Butler.
One of the more than 60 constellations we can see...
When you’re trying to make the stars your old friends in our Butler heavens and getting to know your way around the constellations, you need all the help you can get.
As...
It’s time to get out and enjoy the absolute beauty of the autumn night sky.
We’re entering the prime time of stargazing season. The nights are longer and with less moist...
There are so many songs, poems and myths about the moon and moonlight.
Some of the old tunes include “Shine on Harvest Moon,” but there is also “Moon over Miami,” “There...
Right around 9 p.m., when enough evening twilight has been chased away, look in the low south-southwest Butler sky and without too much trouble you'll see a teapot hangi...
Hold on to season as long as possible
Where has the summer of 2012 gone?
Well, if you’re like me, you hang on to summer as long as you can, and one way to do that is Sept...
We have a blue moon coming this week to the Butler night sky.
It’s the second full moon we’ve had this month. The last time we had two full moons in one month was in Dec...
