{\rtf1\mac\ansicpg10000\cocoartf824\cocoasubrtf420 {\fonttbl\f0\fnil\fcharset77 Monaco;} {\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;} \margl1440\margr1440\vieww9000\viewh8400\viewkind0 \pard\tx560\tx1120\tx1680\tx2240\tx2800\tx3360\tx3920\tx4480\tx5040\tx5600\tx6160\tx6720\ql\qnatural\pardirnatural \f0\fs20 \cf0 \ Starry Night This Week
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Starry Night This Week
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\ \ \ \ \ \ \ 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 11, 2006. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

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Why The Shortest Day Of The Year Doesn't Feel Like The Shortest Day Of The Year

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JThe sky shows sunrise on March 21 which is noon on December 21. Date markers represent position of the sun on those dates. View as seen from mid northern latitudes.

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