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 January 2, 2006. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

Fasten Your Seat Belts Because Earth Is Closest To The Sun And At Its Fastest This Week!

The bright stars and constellations of Winter in early January, about 10:00PM, as seen from mid Northern latitudes.