I’ve been procrastinating all summer, but as autumn begins I want to feature the small but fairly distinct constellation Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown.
As the late...
Another full moon is upon this week, lighting up the Butler night sky and making it tough on stargazers.
I have to admit that I’ve been called on the carpet, but several...
Long nights finally return
It’s really autumn now, and it’s a really wonderful time to get out and enjoy the absolute beauty of the night sky.
We’re entering the prime ti...
This time of year you have the best chance to see the farthest object visible with the unaided human eye.
Away from heavy city lighting in the countryside, look in the e...
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...
