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 December 20, 2004. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

A Spectacular Early Morning Sky Show For The Holidays!"

Venus and Mars pass each other. Mars is nearby but faint while Jupiter is high in the sky. This view is about 45 minutes before sunrise on December 24 as seen from mid northern latitudes.