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 15, 2009. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.
Mars And Venus Are At Their Closest On The Summer Solstice. Get up and greet Mars, Venus, and the crescent Moon before sunrise on June 21st. If you get up early enough, try and spot the Pleiades before they get lost in the dawn.
The First Day Of Summer!