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 May 2, 2005. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.
Arc To Arcturus, Then Speed On To Spica, An Easy Way To Find Two Wonderful Stars By Using the Big Dipper
The Big Dipper (Ursa Major) leads to Arcturus and Spica. Look for these about 9 to 10pm from mid northern latitudes