Scheduled air date: 1998 Dec 28-1999 Jan 03

At local midnight, New Year's morning regardless of your location on Earth
the brightest star in the night sky, Sirius, is directly on the Meridian (an imaginary
line running North-to-South, through the Zenith overhead).
If you wish to view illustrations for other episodes, please see our Star Gazer Illustrated directory.
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