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 September 18, 2006. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

How To Find The Only Planet Visible In Evening Skies Using The Crescent Moon

View to the west about 45 minutes after sunset on September 25. View as seen from mid northern latitudes.