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 03, 2003. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

Taurus the Bull and His Wonderful Unusual Rider

Taurus the Bull is a zodiacal constellation containing the bright star Aldebaran and the beautiful Pleiades and Hyades clusters. This view shows the sky on March 8 at 8:00 PM local time, as seen from mid-northern latitudes.

A close up of the Taurus region.

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Click here for an archive of the past shows.