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 20, 2003. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

The God of War and His Rival Make An Exquisite Triangle With The Goddess of Love In Late January Mornings

The planets Mars and Venus form a triangle with the reddish star Antares in the morning sky. This view shows the sky on January 20th at 7:00 AM, as seen from mid-northern latitudes.