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 October 6, 2003. You can view the complete show script, or watch a RealPlayer video of the show.

The Moon Pays A Visit To Saturn, Winter's Stars Make A Midnight Preview And Mars Is Still Fabulous But Not For Long

Catch a glimpse of Mars before it becomes much dimmer. This view shows the sky on the night of October 6, as seen from mid-northern latitudes.