As our home planet orbits the sun throughout the year, it regularly plows through debris trails left behind by comets and even asteroids. When that happens, we have a me...
Pegasus, Andromeda tied together
This week, Starwatch is like happy hour. I have a two-for-one deal for you. I want to tell you about two constellations — Pegasus the Wi...
Stargazing now can start a little earlier
I love it when we set our clocks back an hour to Standard Time.
First off, we get an extra hour of sleep, but more importantly ...
It is the week of ghosts and goblins lurking in the night sky if you let your imagination go wild.
There's also signs of Halloween in the night sky. I want to show you s...
I hope you enjoy the constellation Delphinus the Dolphin as much as I do.
It's said good things come in small packages, and Delphinus certainly helps prove that. It's th...
Stargazing is a great way to start your day, but the challenge is to roll out of the sack before the dawn's early light.
As a practice, I am up and running long before m...
It's time to get out and enjoy the absolute beauty of the autumn night sky over Butler.
We're entering the prime time of stargazing season. The nights are longer and wit...
Small star cluster makes curtain call
There are big, wonderful constellations like Orion the Hunter and Scorpius the Scorpion over Butler, but there are also diminutive b...
Among the constellations seen from Earth throughout the course of the year there are heroes, hunters, musical instruments, royalty, and all kinds of critters including e...
Even if you're not really into stargazing, you can't help but see that super bright star in the southeastern skies as evening begins.
But that's no star, that's Jupiter,...
