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 December 122, 2008. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.
Special Cosmic Goodies For Christmas Week! Starting on December 24th, look west to see three bright planets gathering in the southwest after sunset.
Take a peek outside every evening this week, to see the Moon join them in a pattern that changes every night. Here's the view on December 31st, again looking southwest after sunset.
And A Super Special Occurrence For New Year's Eve!
