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

The World Will Not End On Sept. 29th! (Even Though A Rather Large Asteroid Will Make Its Closest Approach

Asteroid Toutatis on September 29th as seen from mid-southern latitudes at 9 p.m. local time.