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 September 12, 2005. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

Weekend Of The Harvest Moon And How To Use The Moon To Find Mars

The rising Harvest Moon. This view is facing east about half an hour after sunset on September 17, as seen from mid-northern latitudes.