Starry Night This Week's Archive

Each week most PBS stations air Star Gazer with Jack Horkheimer, the world's first and only weekly TV series on naked-eye astronomy. Here is an archive of the show starting from February 14, 2000.

Year 2002

July 29 - "How To Get Started In Astronomy And The Two Comets That Never Were"
July 22 - "The Wonderful Cat's Eyes Of Summer Skies"
July 15 - A Cosmic City Of A Million Stars And How To Find It
July 8 - The Two Mairzy Doats and Dozey Doats And Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius Stars Of The Cosmos"
July 1 - Earth At Aphelion; Saturn Meets The Moon: And Venus Meets The Heart of leo

June 24 - How To See A Super Special Sky Show Right After the Fireworks On The 4th Of July
June 17 - What The Stars Look Like On The First Nights Of Summer
June 10 - Day Star Day" : An Annual "Star Gazer" Celebration Of The Summer Solstice And Our Closest Star
June 3 - Even Though The Great Planetary Lineup Is Over, The Super Jupiter/Venus/Moon Sky Show Continues

May 27 - May 14 Is Super Venus/Moon Day! And The Great Planet Gathering And Dance Continues
May 20 - Awesome Arcturus : Star Of A Million Years
May 13 - The Two Brightest Planets Meet While the Twin Stars Of Gemini Look On
May 06 - Venus and Jupiter Versus The Gemini Twins

Apr 29 -Planets In A Super Huddle The Great Planetary Gathering Continues And Becomes Even More Spectacular
Apr 22 -The Incredible Planetary Pin Ball Game During The Great Planetary Lineup
Apr 15 -Celebrate National Astronomy Day This Weekend With The Best Planetary Lineup In Decades
Apr 08 -The Gerat Planetary lineup Begins and You Can Watch It All With Just The Naked Eye
Apr 01 -How To Look Back In Time Using The Most Famous Star Pattern Of Them All

Mar 25 -Two Sure Signs Of Spring: Low Lyin' Orion and The High Flyin' Lion
Mar 18 -The Second Biggest Full Moon Of 2002 Glides Across The Sky With The Brightest Star Of Virgo
Mar 11 -Why Is Spring Called Spring ? And What Does Spring Have To Do With The Yellow Line In The Middle Of The Road?
Mar 04 -Venus Returns For St. Patrick's Day And Getting Ready For The Great Planetary Lineup

Feb 25 -Saturn At Its Best Since The 70's
Feb 18 -The Two Incredibly Close Full Moons Of 2002 And The Farthest
Feb 11 -The Moon Has Two Super Meetings With Two Super Planets and Plays "Now You See It / Now You Don't" With Saturn
Feb 04 - A Giant Red Star For Valentine's Day And How To Find It

Jan 28 - The Wonderful Stars Of Orion's Belt and How They Turned Me On To Star Gazing
Jan 21 - The Shoulder and Knee Stars Of Winter's Most Famous Constellation, Orion The Hunter
Jan 14 - The Moon Has Two Near Misses With Two Planets!
Jan 07 - The Winter Hexagon and The Summer Triangle In The Sky At The Same Time, Right Now In The Dead Of Winter, Would You Believe?

Year 2001

Dec 31 - Earth Closest To The Sun This Week, Mercury At Its Best Evening Appearance, And Jupiter At Its Closest And Brightest For The Entire Year!
Dec 24 - A Full Moon and The King of The Planets At Its Brightest and Closest Overhead At Midnight On New Year's Eve!
Dec 17 - The First Day Of Winter and Why The Shortest Day Of The Year Doesn't Feel Like The Shortest
Dec 10 - Three Exquisite Star Clusters and How To Find Them
Dec 03 - The Only Known Asteroid Shower Visits Earth Next Week! and How To Watch It

Nov 26 - Saturn At Its Best Since the 70's And The Moon Pays A Visit To Jupiter
Nov 19 - How To Find Uranus By Using Mars And Watching The Full Moon Occult The Ringed Planet Saturn
Nov 12 - The Moon Meets Mars On Thanksgiving Eve And Annual "3 Cosmic Birds For Thanksgiving" Show
Nov 05 - Star Gazer Celebrates its 25th Anniversary! The Leonid Meteor Shower May Turn Into A Meteor Storm And An Announcement About Mars You Won't Believe!

Oct 29 - Five Pretty Planets For Your Perusal
Oct 22 - Two Side By Side Planets Glide Together For 11 Days In Pre-Dawn Skies
Oct 15 - The Last Full Moon On Halloween Until 2020; And The Seven Sinister Sisters
Oct 8 - Some Favorite Autumn Stars and Why The Stars Change With The Seasons
Oct 01 - See The Milky Way and Its Brightest Constellations At Their Very Best Next Week Just After Dark

Sep 24 - A Magic Trick You Can Do With A Dime And The Harvest Moon
Sep 17 - Why Is The Summer Triangle Overhead On The First Night Of Fall?
Sep 10 - How To Find The 'False Dawn' Of Omar Khayyam... Next Week
Sep 03 - September's Morning and Evening Planet Show And A Rare Occultation Of Saturn!

August 27 - This Year's Strange Non-Harvest September Moon and Dueling Constellations
August 20 - Planet George At Its Brightest and Closest to Earth This Week And How To Find It ... Maybe
August 13 - Mars and The Two Marvelous Star Clusters That Ride Above The Scorpion's Tail
August 06 - The Moon Visits 3 Bright Planets and Comes So Close To Venus It Will Take Your Breath Away!

July 09 - July's Fabulous Pre-Dawn Celestial Extravaganza
July 02 - The July 2001 Super Planet Show!

June 25 - Earth Farthest From The Sun On The 4th Of July! The Moon Pays A Visit To Dazzling Mars! And A 4 Planet Pre-Dawn Tease
June 18 - The Fabulous Summer Solstice of 2001! Mars At Its Closest in 13 Years! And The First Total Eclipse of The Sun Of The Millennium
June 11 - Mars At Opposition This Week! And An Exquisite Venus/Moon Visit
Jun 04 - The Two 'Morning Stars' Of June 2001!

May 28 - The Fabulous Summer of Mars
May 21 - The Regal and Magnificent Stars Which Make The Heart and Tail Of Leo The Lion
May 14 - Last Chance To See Jupiter; Mercury Meets The Moon; And The Hidden Splendor of Gemini!
May 07 - Mars Backs Up This Week! And Continues Racing Toward Earth!

Apr 30 - The Pink Iron Planet Makes Its Best Evening Appearance Of The Year! And Venus Makes Its Best Appearance As The Morning 'Star'
Apr 23 - The Surprising And Amazing Truth About The North Star And How To Find It
Apr 16 - Celebrate National Astronomy Day On Saturday April 28th! And The Moon Pays A Last Visit To Saturn and Jupiter
Apr0 9 - The Horse On The Handle Of The Big Dipper
Apr 02 - The Planet Mars Is Getting Ready to Back Up! And You Can Watch It Shift Into Reverse From Your Own Back Yard

Mar 26 - How To Use the Moon and Your Fingers To Measure Distances In The Night Sky
Mar 19 - Spring Right In Your Face! And The Last Good Moon/Jupiter/Saturn Get-Together
Mar 12 - The Red Planet Meets Its Red Rival!
Mar 05 - Venus Makes A Spectacular Exit and Entrance!

Feb 26 - The Wonderful Birthday Stars of The Winter Triangle
Feb 19 - Venus At Its Greatest Brilliancy! And An Exquisite Moon Makes Dramatic Sky Pictures With The Planets
Feb 12 - Chilling Geometry : The Great Winter Triangle Inside The Great Winter Hexagon
Feb 05 - The Closest and Biggest Full Moon of 2001! and How To Find The Valentine's Day Star

Jan 29 - The Month Of The Incredible UFO Planet!
Jan 22 - The Ground Hog Day Moon Visits Two Planets and A Venus Reminder
Jan 15 - The Moon Pays A Visit To The Two Inner Planets and How To Watch It
Jan 08 - Which Season Is The Longest? and Which Is The Shortest? Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter
Jan 01 - January Is 'How To Use Your New Telescope' Month

Year 2000

Dec 25 - Ring In The New Year The Cosmic Way! With The New Year's Eve Star and Two Wonderful Planets!
Dec 18 - Now's The Time to Use Your New Telescope and Binoculars Because 3 Outrageously Wonderful Planets Bring The Year 2000 To A Spectacular Sky Show End
Dec 11 - The Eclipse of The Sun On Christmas Day and How To View It Safely
Dec 04 - The Holiday Star Gets Higher and Brighter! And Using The Moon To Find The 2 Largest Planets

Nov 27 - The Surest Sign of Winter, and Why The shortest Day of the Year Doesn't Feel Like The Shortest Day of the Year
Nov 20 - Three Outrageously Wonderful Planets for The Holiday Season, 2000
Nov 13 - A Turkey Isn't The Only Bird You'll Have For Thanksgiving
Nov 06 - The Leonid Meteor Shower and The Full Moon Visits Two Planets and A Star

Oct 30 - The Farthest Thing In The Universe You Can See With The Naked Eye
Oct 23 - A Venus and Crescent Moon Sky Goody and Say Farewell To Sagittarius
Oct 16 - The Witching Hour and The Pleiades Hour and The End Of The World On Hallowe'en!
Oct 09 - The Planets Brighten and Triskaidekaphobia Day!
Oct 02 - The Milky Way At Its Very Best In Early Evening October Skies

Sep 25 - The Summer Triangle Gives Way To the Autumn Square
Sep 18 - Moon and Planet Games For The Last Week of September
Sep 11 - This Year's Autumnal Equinox and The Unusual Effect It Will Have On Drivers
Sep 04 - The Nights Of The Harvest Moon and Mars And Regulus Meet

Aug 28 - Vega: The Brightest and Most Wonderful Star Of The Summer Triangle
Aug 21 - A City Of Stars In Summer Skies
Aug 14 - Using The Moon To Find Four Planets In Late Summer Skies
Aug 07 - The One Hour Perseid Comet Litter Meteor Shower!

Jul 31 - A Planet Named George and How To Find It Next Week ... Maybe
Jul 24 - Two Cat's Eyes In Summer Skies
Jul 17 - A Pre Dawn Super Sky Show For The Last Week Of July!
Jul 10 - It's Zubenelgenubi and Zubeneschamali Time Once Again!
Jul 03 - Earth Farthest From The Sun This Week, and The Two Largest Planets Light Up The Morning Skies

Jun 26 - A Special Sky For The 4th Of July
Jun 19 - A Great Celestial Triangle Announces The Beginning of Summer And Your Last Chance To See Jupiter and Saturn This Close Until 2020
Jun 12 - Day Star Day : A Celebration of The Summer Solstice And The Star We Call Our Sun
Jun 05 - A Jupiter-Saturn Alert and The Wonderful Full Moon Of June

May 29 - The Closest Meeting of the Two Largest Planets For 20 Years!
May 22 - There Are Only Two Really Good Times This Year To See Mercury and Next Week Is One Of Them
May 15 - Regulus and Denebola, The Heart and Tail of Leo The Lion
May 08 - How To Measure Distances In The Sky Using Just Your Fingers and The Big Dipper
May 01 - How To Use The Moon To Find The Lion,The Virgin and The Scorpion

Apr 24 - The Big Planetary Lineup Brou-Ha-Ha! You Won't Even Get Your Feet Wet!
Apr 17 - How To Time Travel Through The Big Dipper
Apr 10 - Using The Big Dipper To Find Two Wonderful Stars
Apr 03 - The Great Mars/Jupiter/Saturn Sky Show Reaches Its Climax!

Mar 27 - The Incredible Journey of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn
Mar 20 - Low Lyin' Orion and the High Flyin' Lion
Mar 13 - Why Is Spring Called Spring and Other Tantalizing Tidbits About the Seasons
Mar 06 - The Strange and Marvelous Reality of the Brightest Star We See the Most Often

Feb 28 - Getting Ready For a Great Meeting of the Planets
Feb 21 - The Venus Challange
Feb 14 - The Brightest Star in the Night Sky

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