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 December 13, 2004. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

The Winter Solstice And Why The Shortest Day Of The Year Doesn't Feel Like The Shortest Day Of The Year

The sun rises in the south-east at the Winter Solstice. Can you see Venus after sunrise? This view is near sunrise around December 21 as seen from mid northern latitudes.

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Click here for an archive of the past shows.