Starry Night This Week
Each week most PBS stations air "Jack
Horkheimer: Star Gazer", the world's first and only weekly TV series
on naked-eye astronomy. The Starry Night images on this page illustrate
the show for the week of Monday, January 28, 2002. You can
view the complete show script, or watch
a RealPlayer video of the show.
The Wonderful Stars Of Orion's Belt and How They Turned Me On To Star Gazing
The belt of Orion shines brightly with the light of its three stars, each one 1500 light years from Earth.
The sword of Orion hangs from his belt, lit up by the Great Orion Nebula.