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 August 28, 2006. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

The Closest Full Moon Of The Year, Farthest Moon Of The Year And Use The Moon To Find Uranus

The full moon about an hour after sunset on September 7. The moon can be used to locate Uranus on this date. View as seen from mid northern latitudes.

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