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 May 29, 2006. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

Watching Mars And Saturn Approach Each Other For A Super Close Meeting On June 17th! Plus Mercury Prepares For Its Own Summer Show!"

Mercury, Mars, and Saturn as they appear shortly after sunset on June 1. Watch Mars and Saturn get closer to each other and Mercury get higher over the next few weeks. View as seen from mid northern latitudes.

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Click here for an archive of the past shows.