Pegasus soars for all to see
The autumnal equinox, or the first day of astronomical autumn, is early this Friday at 5:04 a.m. Now that it’s almost officially autumn, what...
Most of this week the harvest moon will dominate the evening sky.
As much as I love watching the magic of that cratered orb climbing in the eastern Butler skies on these...
Is your head spinning as much as mine when it comes to new technology lately? It’s truly hard to keep up with it all, but you want to do it as best you can because there...
I have to be honest with you. I'm not a big fan of summer stargazing.
For one thing, it's not really dark enough until well after 10 p.m. most of the summer, making it t...
Out of the 88 constellations that can be seen from Earth, Delphinus the Dolphin is the nineteenth smallest and Equuleus the Little Horse is the second smallest, and they...
How would you like to see about a million stars, all crammed together in a tight ball in our Butler night sky? Well you can do just that.
The Great Hercules star cluster...
From sunset to sunrise this week you have a chance to view all of our companion planets in the solar system with the naked eye. Mercury, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars and Venus ...
Take amazing photos with a digital camera
"Moonlight feels right...” Remember those opening lyrics to that classic '70s tune with the same name by the group Starbuck? I l...
The stars and constellations of summer are out of their winter hibernation and they’re waiting for you to spend a warm clear evening with them. North Butler summer night...
As soon as it is dark enough in the evening — that is past a lot of bedtimes this time of year — you can see a really bright star in the eastern skies. It’s the star Veg...
