September is prime time to view giant
The king of the planets will get your attention in the Butler southeast sky this month. It reached its closest approach to Earth las...
There's plenty of summer left in the evening skies of September, and with earlier sunsets, you can get some great stargazing in without a late bedtime.
By mid-September,...
Last week I attempted to explain the tricks for finding Ursa Major, the Big Bear, and Ursa Minor, the Little Bear.
What complicates things a bit is that the Little Bear ...
This is a really great time to check out the famous Big and Little dippers.
I don't have to tell you what the Big Dipper looks like. You learned that on your mother's kn...
But Giant Jupiter is on the rise
It's time once again this year for the Persied meteor show over Butler.
Most years, it's a marquee stargazing event, but not this year. ...
I have a love-hate relationship with this time of year.
I hate the fact that summer is starting to wind down and vacation season is coming to an end. However, as an amat...
Despite the warmer weather, summer stargazing in Pennsylvania has its challenges, like late sunsets, mosquitoes and humidity that can muddy up clear skies.
That's espec...
Childhood memories last lifetime
It is so hard for me to believe that this is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing mission.
I was 13 years old but it just s...
Other galaxies up there to see
The Big Dipper is by far the most recognizable pattern in the sky.
While it's not officially one of the 88 constellations we see from Earth...
We can see more than 65 constellations through the course of the year in our Shamokin skies. Some are big, some are small, some are bright and some are dim.
Constellatio...
