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 September 5, 2005. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

The False Dawn Of Omar Khayyam: What It is And How To Find It

Look for the faint glow of the Zodiacal Light along the ecliptic from the horizon below Saturn to half way up the sky about two hours before sunrise for a week around September 10. View as seen from mid-northern latitudes.

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Click here for an archive of the past shows.