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 10, 2003. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

The Valentine's Day Star

The Valentine star, Betelgeuse, rides on Orion's shoulder. This view shows the sky at 8:00 PM local time, as seen from mid-northern latitudes.


Betelgeuse is a very large star. At its biggest point, it can extend up to the orbit of Jupiter!