There’s so much going on this month for stargazers, including great lunar conjunctions and cover-ups. One of the great meteor showers also puts on a show.
October is a t...
My favorite planet, besides the one I live on, is on the rise in the low eastern Butler sky during evening twilight. It’s Saturn and you can’t miss it! It’s the brightest...
This week in Starwatch I want you to go sky-high to dig for some of the great visual treasures waiting for your eyes.
And now that it gets darker a lot sooner in the eve...
Since early spring, the constellation Bootes the Herdsman has graced our Butler night skies, but now it’s well into its gradual farewell in the western heavens.
I’ve hea...
Sadly, summer comes to an end this month. But the great news for stargazing over Butler this September is that there’s so much happening in the heavens and along with tha...
This week in Starwatch I want to go back to basics when it comes to the moon. So why does the moon change shape? Why is it a crescent on one night, a half-moon another ni...
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, one of the zodiac constellations...
It’s time once again this year for the Perseid meteor shower, and most years, it’s a marquee stargazing event over Butler, but not this year. You can blame it on the moon...
First, let’s start with the good news. As with August stargazing any year, there’s still plenty of summer and great summer constellations in the sky. And with earlier sun...
Summer evening skies are the home of some classic constellations. One of them is Scorpius the Scorpion, the 10th brightest constellation in the night sky and one of those...
