Pleiades cluster often the 'stars of the show'
In just about every kind of store that sells Halloween decorations and greeting cards, you will see some sort of cartoon o...
I don't think we'll ever need traffic reports for satellites over Butler, but since 1957, the dawn of the space age, more than 23,000 satellites have been launched into ...
Right now in the high eastern sky you can see something that's truly out of this world.
In fact, it's the farthest thing you can see with the naked eye — the Andromeda g...
Summer Triangle guides way
Constellations, otherwise known as groups of stars that allegedly make pictures in the sky, have been dreamed up by humankind throughout the c...
I hope you enjoy watching the great planet Jupiter rising in the east these early autumn nights as much as I do. It's the first "star" to pop out well before evening twi...
There's an incredibly bright star on the rise this autumn in the eastern Butler sky. In fact it's so bright at first glance you may even take it for an airplane.
Well it...
Despite the fact it messes up my stargazing and new love of astrophotography, I can't help but love watching the full moon, even though it hogs up the Butler night sky a...
Where did this summer go? Kids are back in school, and the daylight hours are dwindling.
Even though summer is just about caput, one of the greatest summer stellar displ...
I have such mixed feelings about this time of year. I really love summer, but every year it seems to go faster and faster.
The star-watching nut in me loves this time of...
Where has summer of 2010 gone in Butler?
We're hearing the swan song of summer loud and clear, schools are opening, and I even spotted a few Christmas decorations going...
