I’ve been meaning to tell you about the tiny constellation Delphinus the Dolphin for a while now, but with everything else going on this year I just haven’t had the chanc...
October is such a wonderful time of year for stargazing over Butler. Nights are longer and offer great constellations, planets and other celestial treasures. Your Sky Gui...
Even though we’re in the closing weeks of summer, the great, but faint, constellation Hercules the Hero is still with us, hanging upside down high in the early evening we...
This week in Starwatch, I want to take you to the low southern skies for one of the best constellations of summer, Sagittarius the Archer. Not only is Sagittarius easy to...
One of the great ironies of the year is the fact that in the heat of the summer in the northern hemisphere, the Earth is much farther away from the sun than it is in the ...
This past weekend was the swan song for spring 2026 as summer astronomically kicked off very early Sunday morning, June 21, at 4:24 a.m.
It’s formally known as the Summe...
One of the best shows of the year over Butler is this week in the evening twilight in the western sky. The bright planets Jupiter and Venus are in a tight celestial embra...
Over the many years I’ve been writing this column, I’ve rattled off the distances to many celestial objects.
I don’t often use miles to express stellar and galactic dist...
Even in the worst areas of light pollution, you can’t miss Venus. After hiding out in the morning sky most of the last half of 2025, it has finally entered the Western ev...
I hope you enjoyed the full moon on Friday night to kick off May. It’s considered by many cultures as the Flower Moon for obvious reasons.
We're not done with full moons...
