STAR GAZER Illustrated

Welcome to the "Star Gazer" corner of Software Bisque's web site.

This section provides illustrations for current astronomical events, based upon episodes of the "Star Gazer" (formerly "Star Hustler") television program. All illustrations were created using Software Bisque's TheSky Astronomy Software.

2000 Episodes

Select the desired episode:

Fourth Quarter, 2000

• 2000 Dec 25-31 "Ring in the New Year the Cosmic Way!  With the New Year's Eve Star and Two Wonderful Planets!"
• 2000 Dec 18-24 "Now's the Time to Use Your New Telescope and Binoculars, Because 3 Outrageously Wonderful Planets Bring the Year 2000 to a Spectacular Sky-Show End"
• 2000 Dec 11-17 "This Christmas Day Eclipse of the Sun and How to View it Safely"
• 2000 Dec 04-10 "The Holiday Star Gets Higher and Brighter! and: Using the Moon to Find the 2 Largest Planets"
• 2000 Nov 27-03 "The Surest Sign of Winter, and; Why the Shortest Day of the Year doesn't Feel Like the Shortest Day of the Year"
• 2000 Nov 20-26 "Three Outrageously Wonderful Planets for the Holiday Season, 2000"
• 2000 Nov 13-19 "A Turkey Isn't the Only Bird You'll Have for Thanksgiving"
• 2000 Nov 06-12 "The Leonid Meteor Shower, and; The Full Moon Visits Two Planets and a Star"
• 2000 Oct 30-05 "The Farthest Thing in the Universe You Can See with the Naked Eye"
• 2000 Oct 23-29 "A Venus and Crescent Moon Sky Goody, and: Say Farewell to Sagittarius"
• 2000 Oct 16-22 "The Witching Hour and the Pleiades Hour, and: The End of the World on Hallowe'en!"
• 2000 Oct 09-15 "The Planets Brighten, and: Triskaidekaphobia Day!"
• 2000 Oct 02-08 "The Milky Way at its Very Best in Early Evening October Skies"

Third Quarter, 2000

• 2000 Sep 25-01 "The Summer Triangle Gives Way to the Autumn Square"
• 2000 Sep 18-24 "Moon and Planet Games for the Last Week of September"
• 2000 Sep 11-17 "This Year's Autumnal Equinox and The Unusual Affect It Will Have On Drivers"
• 2000 Sep 04-10 "The Nights of the Harvest Moon, and: Mars and Regulus Meet"
• 2000 Aug 28-03 "Vega: The Brightest and Most Wonderful Star Of The Summer Triangle"
• 2000 Aug 21-27 "A City Of Stars In Summer Skies"
• 2000 Aug 14-20 "Using The Moon To Find Four Planets In Late Summer Skies"
• 2000 Aug 07-13 "The One Hour Perseid Comet Litter Meteor Shower!"
• 2000 Jul 31-06 "A Planet Named George and How to Find It Next Week...Maybe"
• 2000 Jul 24-30 "Two Cat's Eyes in Summer Skies"
• 2000 Jul 17-23 "A Pre-Dawn Super Sky Show for the Last Week of July!"
• 2000 Jul 10-16 "Its Zubenelgenubi and Zubeneschamali Time Once Again!"
• 2000 Jul 03-09 "Earth Farthest from the Sun this Week, and: The Two Largest Planets Light Up the Morning Skies"

Second Quarter, 2000

• 2000 Jun 26-02 "A Special Sky for the 4th of July"
• 2000 Jun 19-25 "A Great Celestial Triangle Announces the Beginning of Summer, and: Your Last Chance to See Jupiter and Saturn this Close Until 2020"
• 2000 Jun 12-18 "Day Star Day: A Celebration of the Summer Solstice and the Star We Call Our Sun"
• 2000 Jun 05-11 "A Jupiter-Saturn Alert, and: The Wonderful Full Moon of June"
• 2000 May 29-04 "The Closest Meeting of the Two Largest Planets for 20 Years!"
• 2000 May 22-28 "There are Only Two Really Good Times This Year to See Mercury, and Next Week is One of Them"
• 2000 May 15-21
• 2000 May 08-15
• 2000 May 01-07
• 2000 Apr 24-30
• 2000 Apr 17-23
• 2000 Apr 10-16
• 2000 Apr 03-15

First Quarter, 2000

• 2000 Mar 27-02 "The Incredible Journey of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn"
• 2000 Mar 20-26 "Low Lyin' Orion and The High Flyin' Lion"
• 2000 Mar 13-19 "Why Is Spring Called Spring and Other Tantalizing Tidbits About The Seasons"
• 2000 Mar 06-12 "The Strange and Marvelous Reality of The Brightest Star We See The Most Often"
• 2000 Feb 28-05 "Getting Ready for a Great Meeting of the Planets"
• 2000 Feb 21-27 "The Venus Challenge"
• 2000 Feb 14-20 "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky"
• 2000 Feb 07-13 "A Great Big Red Star for Valentine's Day, Slowly Beating like a Giant Cosmic Heart"
• 2000 Jan 31-06 "The Moon Visits the Planets and the Planets Prepare to Visit Each Other"
• 2000 Jan 24-30 "A Ground Hog Day Sky Show Extravaganza! plus; A Tiny Taste of Summer"
• 2000 Jan 17-23 "A Lunar Eclipse Alert! and; A Journey to a Place Where Stars are Born"
• 2000 Jan 10-16 "Get Ready for Next Week's Total Eclipse of the Moon!"
• 2000 Jan 03-09 "Earth Closest to the Sun this Week! Four Naked Eye Planets and A Lunar Eclipse Alert!"

See the Star Gazer Home Page for scripts for each of the above episodes, and more.

This page is provided and maintained by Software Bisque, Inc., in cooperation with the producers of Star Gazer. Please e-mail your comments to daniel@bisque.com.