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 March 03, 2003. You can
view the complete show script, or watch
a RealPlayer video of the show.
Taurus the Bull and His Wonderful Unusual Rider
Taurus the Bull is a zodiacal constellation containing the bright star Aldebaran and the beautiful Pleiades and Hyades clusters. This view shows the sky on March 8 at 8:00 PM local time, as seen from mid-northern latitudes.
A close up of the Taurus region.