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 February 25, 2002. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

The Ringed Wonder

Saturn and the bright star Aldebaran mark the two eyes of Taurus the Bull.

Saturn's rings are "wide open" right now, making it much brighter than usual.