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StarGazer
Each week most PBS stations air Star
Gazer with Jack Horkheimer, the world's first and only weekly TV series
on naked-eye astronomy. The images on this page illustrate the show for
the week of Monday,
May 8, 2000.
How To Measure Distances In The Sky Using Just Your Fingers and The Big Dipper
The distance between the two end stars in the Big Dipper, Dubhe and Merak, is almost exactly 5 degrees.
It is just over 10 degrees between the two stars along the top of the Big Dipper's cup, Megrez and Dubhe.
The Big Dipper stretches for about 25 degrees from Alkaid, the end star in the handle, to Dubhe, the end star in the cup.
