The first day of summer is Tuesday. The actual moment of what astronomer’s call the Summer Solstice occurs at 1:16 p.m.
This the longest day of the year and the shortest...
Moon will hover above the horizon
Stargazing is not for wimps!
In the winter months we have many hours to catch the celestial show performing nightly. You can grab an ear...
Constellation is small, but lights up sky
Corona Borealis will be in our evening sky for the rest of the summer and is definitely one of the smaller constellations we see...
Short nights of June, July
June and July have the shortest nights of the year. Good stargazing can’t really begin until after 10 p.m., and the show is pretty much over w...
You can see 4 close in sky
How would you like to take 10-by-50 binoculars and see four planets of our solar system in nearly the same field of view?
Over the next severa...
Stargazing on these 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 of the ...
You’ve heard the phrase, “Hey that guy really ate crow?” That’s an idiom that’s used to express and display total humility, especially when someone is shown to be wrong....
Without a doubt, Saturn is the best thing to see through a telescope, even small telescopes.
If you’ve seen it, you know what I’m talking about, and if you haven’t, do w...
All winter long we’ve been delighted by the starlight of what I lovingly refer to as “Orion and his gang.”
As evening commences much later now in mid-April, Orion’s gang...
As the Earth continues on its never ending journey orbiting around the sun, our evening view of the Butler heavens is turning away from the bright winter constellations ...
