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 August 1, 2005. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

Next Week The Moon Visits The Two Brightest Planets And The Perseid Meteor Shower Visits Earth

The Moon and Venus on August 7 about 45 minutes after sunset, as seen from mid-northern latitudes.