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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,
November 20, 2000.
Three Outrageously Wonderful Planets for The Holiday Season, 2000
While Venus is bright every evening in late November, the best time to see it is November 29, when it lies directly beneath the sliver of a crescent moon.
At the same time that Venus lies under the crescent moon, Jupiter is rising in the east and is brighter than any star in the sky.
Jupiter, Earth and the sun make a straight line on November 27, meaning that Jupiter is closer to Earth than at any other time this year.
