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 15, 2003. You can
view the complete show script, or watch
a RealPlayer video of the show.
Celebrate The 1st Day of Fall With 3 Cosmic Goodies Lined up In A Row And An Exquisite Crescent Moon!
On the Autumnal equinox, a Crescent Moon is joined by Mercury, Jupiter and the star Regulus. This view shows the dawn sky on September 23, as seen from mid-northern latitudes.