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 September 7th, 2009. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.
The Moon Visits Two Planets On September 16th look for Venus and the Moon tucked close together in Leo at sunrise:
Then, on September 20th, Venus will wind up right next to Regulus, the brightest star in Leo.
And Venus Almost Slams Into Leo The Lion