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 24, 2003. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

Do You Know The Name Of the Brightest Star We See Most Often? Hint : It's Weird And Wonderful And Probably Not What You Think!

Capella is the brightest star we see most often in northern latitudes. This view shows the sky at 8:30 PM on April 1st, as seen from mid-northern latitudes.

A close up of Capella and her 3 goat Kids.

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Click here for an archive of the past shows.