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 24, 2003. You can
view the complete show script, or watch
a RealPlayer video of the show.
Do You Know The Name Of the Brightest Star We See Most Often? Hint : It's Weird And Wonderful And Probably Not What You Think!
Capella is the brightest star we see most often in northern latitudes. This view shows the sky at 8:30 PM on April 1st, as seen from mid-northern latitudes.
A close up of Capella and her 3 goat Kids.