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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,
May 28, 2001.
The Fabulous Summer of Mars
On the first night of summer, Mars will be only 42 million miles away which means that it's closer and brighter than it's been in 13 years.
On June 5th, the June full moon will be to the left of Antares and above Mars.
Approximately every 2 years and 2 months, Earth and Mars catch up with each other and line up and are at their closest. We call this line up 'opposition'.
