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 June 2, 2008. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

Bootes And The Bright Star That Opened The World's Fair Of 1933

From midnorthern latitudes after sunset, the Big Dipper and the kite shape of Bootes will be high overhead. Use the Dipper's handle to locate Arcturus.