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 February 15th, 2010. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

Orion The Hunter's Two Wonderful Dogs, Canis Major And Canis Minor

Northern hemisphere observers can look south between 7 and 9 pm this week to see Orion and his two dogs. Use Orion's belt stars to lead you to Sirius, which marks the eye of Canis Major.