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 5, 2004. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

Next Week The Morning Star Reaches Its Greatest Brilliancy

Venus reaches greatest brilliancy. This view shows the sky one hour before sunrise on July 15th, as seen from mid-northern latitudes.