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 23, 2002. You can
view the complete show script, or watch
a RealPlayer video of the show.
Celebrate 2003 With The New Year's Eve Star And The Two Largest Planets At Their Best
Around Midnight, Sirius, the brightest star in the sky reaches its highest point. Above it, are the two gas giants, Saturn and Jupiter. What a great way to welcome the new year! This view shows the sky on December 31st at around midnight as seen from mid-northern latitudes.