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 10, 2007. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

The Moon at Perigee, the Moon at Its Highest, Mars at Its Best and the Winter Solstice

On the morning of December 22, which is the Winter Solstice in the northern hemisphere, the Sun will rise at its furthest point south. This view is from mid-northern latitudes.

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Click here for an archive of the past shows.