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 March 7, 2005. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

Mercury At Its Very Best For 2005!

Mercury and the Moon about 45 minutes after sunset on March 12, as seen from mid northern latitudes.