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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,
July 2, 2001.
The July 2001 Super Planet Show!
The four planets Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn can be seen together in the early morning in July. This image shows their movement from July 7 to July 21. All of the planets move down and to the left as the month goes on.
July 17 is a particularly good morning to watch this quartet of planets, as they will be joined by a crescent moon.
Venus and Saturn will be extremely close together on July 15. You can see them in the same field through a pair of binoculars, and even through some telescopes. Binoculars will also show the bright star Aldebaran.
