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 April 14, 2003. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

Five Fine Planets And A Star That Exploded In 1054 A.D!

Mercury, Saturn and Jupiter can be seen just after it gets dark. This view shows the sky at 5:30 AM on April 21th, as seen from mid-northern latitudes.

Venus and Mars can be seen early in the morning. This view shows the sky at 8:30 April 21th, as seen from mid-northern latitudes.