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 21, 2003. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

Vega : The Arc Light Of Summer Nights And The Apex of the Sun's Way

About 14, 500 years ago, Vega was the North Star! and will be again 11, 500 years from now.