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 December 16, 2002. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

What is The Winter Solstice -The First Day Of Winter- Really All About?

The winter solstice occurs when the sun passes through a specific point in the sky, in the constellation Sagittarius. This happens on Dec. 21 or Dec. 22 each year.