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 October 2, 2005. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

Venus And Mars' Rival Pay Each OtherA Very Close Visit

The Moon passes close to Venus on October 6. View about 45 minutes after sunset as seen from mid northern latitudes.