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 February 6, 2006. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

Make This Valentine's Day Cosmic With A Gift Of Stars And Planets

Mercury and Uranus shortly after after sunset, as seen from mid Northern latitudes. You will need binoculars to see Uranus just below Mercury.