Another full moon is upon us this week, whitewashing the Butler night sky and making it challenging for stargazers. We’re also getting into the time of year when the full...
I sure hope you had a chance to see at least some of the solar eclipse Monday. Where it was visible and clouds didn’t get in the way, it was quite the show!
I was one o...
Millions and millions of skywatchers, including yours truly, have waited a long time for this!
This coming Monday, April 8, Much of North America and the United States w...
The marquee event this April is, without a doubt, the solar eclipse on April 8. Millions and millions of skywatchers, including yours truly, have waited a long time fo...
The Butler night sky is a grab bag of constellations of all shapes and sizes, with civilizations all around the world adding their own spin to the patterns of the night ...
All around us there are signs of spring. Already, daylight saving time has kicked back in. If you’re a frequent reader of Starwatch, you know I’m not a big fan of it beca...
There are three dog constellations in the Butler night sky, but the best known are Canis Major and Canis Minor, the constellation Orion the Hunter’s faithful hunting dogs...
It’s the best of all worlds, looking out from our world this month. March stargazing is fantastic because you still have Orion and all of the great winter constellations...
Last week in Starwatch, I attempted to cover all of the astronomical treasures of the constellation Orion proudly shining in the Butler southern evening sky. It’s loaded ...
Orion the Hunter is the king of constellations as far as I’m concerned, and there are many other stargazers in that same stellar camp! It’s at the summit of the constell...
Once again, Valentine’s Day is upon us. With Valentine’s falling on a Wednesday this year, I know many of you are celebrating in advance this weekend. Certainly, Valentin...
I just love wonderful winter stargazing! I think it’s one of the best times of the year to soak in the splendor of the Butler night sky. Even if you’re observing the heav...
To say Auriga is one of the strangest constellations is an astronomical understatement. Sorry about that awful pun! According to Greek mythology, Auriga is supposed to be...
If you found a new telescope under the Christmas tree, congratulations! You’re launching into what will hopefully be a great adventure that will take you deep into our u...
I hope you had the best holiday season of your life and that Santa Claus or whoever treated you well and brought you everything you wanted on your gift list, plus a few w...
This new year of 2024 will be great for anybody who enjoys taking in the free nightly show overhead, although the biggest show of the year will be during the day, in thi...
I hope you had a great Christmas — or whatever you celebrate this time of year. I hope you enjoyed the full moon this past week. At least for me it really adds to the hol...
While we don’t have any Christmas constellations in the Butler night sky, there are three celestial signs of the most wonderful time of the year among the stars. There a...
Is that Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in the Butler stars? Not exactly, but I'm going to try to give you the closest thing in the night sky that has something to do wit...
Stargazing will be worth losing sleep over this week as you bundle up to enjoy the annual Geminid meteor shower, one of the best of the year.
It reaches its peak very la...
No matter what holidays you celebrate this time of year, there’s much to celebrate in the night sky in December over Butler. Believe it or not, there’s even a little Chr...
Over the years of writing this column and putting on astronomy and stargazing presentations, I've received inquiries from many nice folks about purchasing a telescope for...
The king of the planets of our solar system has entered our late autumn Butler night sky and will continue to dominate the early evening heavens through next March.
In e...
From this coming Friday night to Saturday morning, Nov. 17 to 18, there's going to be a fairly nice show happening in the Butler sky.
It's the annual Leonid meteor showe...
One of the classic constellations of autumn is Pegasus, the flying horse soaring above the southeastern horizon in the evening sky. It's by far the largest celestial hors...
The best news for stargazers in November is that nights are much longer, so you can start your stargazing much earlier with the end of daylight saving time. Sure it’s coo...
This week in Starwatch, I want to share the joy of stargazing in the early morning hours.
I was a regular super early riser for many years, but not by choice. Before I ...
Now that we're well into early autumn and the bright light of the harvest moon is long gone, it's a fabulous time to make a date to get out in the dark skies of the count...
It’s solar eclipse time around here, and the best one since Aug. 21, 2017, will be Oct. 14. Unfortunately it won’t be a total eclipse this coming but a halfway decent par...
There’s much going on this month for stargazers, including a solar eclipse.
October is also a month of transition, with summer, autumn, and even winter constellations ava...
