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 August 17, 2009. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

The Planet King Dazzles And How To Use The Moon
To Find One Of The Largest Visible Stars

On August 27th, look for the Moon cruising along in Scorpius beside the red supergiant star Antares.