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...
Bootes, pronounced by most people as Boot-tees, is one of the 66-plus constellations we see in our Butler night sky.
It doesn't really look like what it's alleged to be....
I have a love affair with Saturn. There are many celestial treasures that I marvel at through the lenses of my telescopes, but my absolute favorite is Saturn.
Whenever I...
Stargazing on these Butler nights has for the most part lost its chill, but honestly it’s also lost some of its thrill.
The winter constellations, overall the brightest ...
Through the course of the year, our Butler skies are adorned by about 70 constellations. There are great magnificent constellations like Orion the Hunter that's still ha...
It's not the brightest, but it's still important
When you ask the average person what the brightest star in the night sky is, I bet the answer you get is the North Star....
So, we’re at Easter, kicking off the month of April. Allegedly, the nights are growing warmer and you can take off at least some of your layers while stargazing, but the...
