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StarGazer
Each week most PBS stations air Star
Gazer with Jack Horkheimer, the world's first and only weekly TV series
on naked-eye astronomy. The images on this page illustrate the show for
the week of Monday,
June 19, 2000.
A Great Celestial Triangle Announces The Beginning of Summer And Your Last Chance To See Jupiter and Saturn This Close Until 2020
The three bright stars in the Summer Triangle will be among the first stars you can see after sunset in the northeast. To the left of the Triangle is the "W" of Cassiopeia.
The morning of June 28 brings us a spectacular display in the East- Jupiter, Saturn and a crescent moon all lined up.
