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 May 8, 2006. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.
The Horse On The Handle Of The Big Dipper
The Big Dipper, showing Mizar and Alcor. Facing North during May evenings, as seen from mid northern latitudes.