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 August 11, 2003. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

Mars Continues Racing Towards Us For Its August 27th Meeting And The Moon Meets the Ringed Planet

On the morning of August 23, Saturn and a thin crescent Moon make a wonderful site in the sky. This view shows the sky at 6:30 AM, as seen from mid-northern latitudes.