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 June 6, 2005. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

Why Do the Stars Move Hour After Hour, Season After Season?

Looking North June 15 about 10:00pm Daylight Time as seen from mid northern latitudes. Watch how the Big Dipper moves counterclockwise one hour later and look at the same time two weeks later.