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StarGazer
Each week most PBS stations air Star
Gazer with Jack Horkheimer, the world's first and only weekly TV series
on naked-eye astronomy. The images on this page illustrate the show for
the week of Monday,
April 30, 2001.
The Pink Iron Planet Makes Its Best Evening Appearance Of The Year! And Venus Makes Its Best Appearance As The Morning 'Star'!
Venus is at its brightest in the morning sky in the first week of May.
Mercury passes close to Jupiter in the month of May, getting closest on May 15 and 16 before drifting away. You can see Mercury and Jupiter together in the west after sunset.
A beautiful crescent moon complements Mercury and Jupiter on the evening of May 24.
