January nights in Butler are full of starry delights, and we have so many hours to enjoy them, provided the weather cooperates. As 2026 kicks off, you can even begin your...
Tis the time of year for making merry, and also for changing seasons. That’s what we’re doing at 9:03 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 21, the moment of the winter solstice, the firs...
While there really aren’t any Christmas constellations in the sky any time of the year, there’s a wonderful sign of the season waiting for you in the Butler early evening...
Next weekend you can catch one of the best meteor showers of the year. It’s the annual Geminid meteor shower, and if the clouds stay away from Butler, it should be a good...
There’s magic in the air this holiday season, and there’s also magic in the December Butler night skies. These long nights are blessed with some of the brightest constell...
The best news for stargazers in November is that Butler nights are much longer, and you can start your stargazing well before 7 p.m. For sure, it is cooler though, but on...
Being that it's Halloween this coming Friday, I thought it only appropriate to tell you about my favorite monsters of the Butler night sky — Draco the Dragon, and the hea...
One of the classic constellations of the Butler night sky is Pegasus, the flying horse. The heavenly horsey is currently soaring in the southeastern early evening sky.
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On Monday night, we officially have our Harvest Moon for 2025 over Butler, and it’s also our first of three “supermoons.” I’m totally OK calling it a Harvest Moon, but I’...
