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 June 17, 2002. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

What The Stars Look Like On The First Nights Of Summer

The 2 brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, just above the horizon with the bright star of Leo, Regulus, in the west.

The three bright stars that form the Summer Triangle asterism. A familiar sight for summer stargazers.

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Click here for an archive of the past shows.