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

Why Is The Winter Solstice Called The Winter Solstice And What's It All About Anyway?

Just after sunrise at the Spring Equinox March 21, 2005, as seen from mid northern latitudes. Ecliptic shows where sun is between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox.