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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,
October 9, 2000.
The Planets Brighten and Triskaidekaphobia Day!
In October, Saturn and Jupiter are on the opposite side of the sky as Venus, when seen from Earth. This view is from October 10.
Venus follows the sun and is at its brightest in the west just after the sun sets. Click here to watch a QuickTime movie of Venus setting in the west.
October 15 is a good time to find Saturn and Jupiter. Look east around 11 PM, and you will see Saturn and the moon side-by-side, with Jupiter below and to the left.
