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 March 11, 2002. You can
view the complete show script, or watch
a RealPlayer video of the show.
Spring and the Vernal Equinox
The Vernal Equinox marks the first day of Spring.
On the day of the Vernal Equinox, the Sun rises exactly in the East and sets exactly in the West.