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 4, 2002. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

Orion's Valentine

The bright red giant Betelgeuse marks the shoulder of Orion

Earlier in the evening, a crescent moon can be seen in the west, along with another famous red object- the planet Mars.

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Click here for an archive of the past shows.