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 July 7, 2003. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

Mars Doubles Its Brightness This Month As It Races Towards Earth And Has A Spectacular Meeting With The Moon On The 17th

On the night of July 17th, the Moon and Mars will have a close encounter. This view shows the sky at midnight from mid-northern latitudes.