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 September 8, 2003. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

A Rapid Sun On the First Days Of Fall And A Mars Reminder

On the Autumnal equinox, the Sun rises exactly on the East and sets exactly in the West. This view shows the sky on the morning of September 23, as seen from mid-northern latitudes.