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" television program. All illustrations are created using Software Bisque's TheSky Astronomy Software.

2003 Episodes

Select the desired episode:

Fourth Quarter, 2003

• 2003 Dec 29-04 "Four Bright Planets Ring in the New Year"
• 2003 Dec 22-28 "Saturn at its Closest, Brightest, Highest and Best at Midnight New Year's Eve!"
• 2003 Dec 15-21 "A Breathtaking Pairing of the Evening Star and the Moon on Christmas Night! and; This Year's Winter Solstice"
• 2003 Dec 08-14 "Three Cosmic Seasons at-a-Glance in Mid-December"
• 2003 Dec 01-07 "A Brilliant Evening Star for the Holidays, and; Catch Mercury Now!"
• 2003 Nov 24-30 "Our Moon Visits Mars; Venus and Mercury Pair Up Just After Sunset, and; Saturn Gets Ready for New Year's Eve!"
• 2003 Nov 17-23 "Earth's Odd Twin-Sister Planet Snuggles up to the Moon During Thanksgiving Week and Prepares for a Close Meeting"
• 2003 Nov 10-16 "Leo the Lion Plays Host to the Moon and Jupiter on the Night of the Leonid Meteor Shower"
• 2003 Nov 03-09 "Saturn Prepares for its Best Viewing Until 2030 on New Year's Eve!"
• 2003 Oct 27-02 "Next Week's Eclipse of the Frosty Beaver Moon: The Last of the Two Total Lunar Eclipses of 2003"
• 2003 Oct 20-26 "Celebrate Halloween the Cosmic Way, Plus Some of Halloween's Most Famous Myths and Misconceptions"
• 2003 Oct 13-19 "Why do the Stars Change With the Seasons? and; Two Cosmic Signs that Fall is Here"
• 2003 Oct 06-12 "The Moon Pays a Visit to Saturn, Winter's Stars Make a Midnight Preview, and Mars is Still Fabulous, But Not for Long"

Third Quarter, 2003

• 2003 Sep 29-05 "Four Planets Visible and One About to Emerge, plus; The Moon Rides Across the Sky with Mars Again"
• 2003 Sep 22-28 "How to Get a Planetarium in Your Own Home for Free!"
• 2003 Sep 15-21 "Celebrate the 1st Day of Fall with 3 Cosmic Goodies Lined Up in a Row; and An Exquisite Crescent Moon!"
• 2003 Sep 08-14 "A Rapid Sun on the First Days of Fall, and; A Mars Reminder"
• 2003 Sep 01-07 "Shine On, Shine On Harvest Moon...Up Over Mars!"
• 2003 Aug 25-31 "Mars Closer to Earth This Week in Almost 60,000 Years! Only Neanderthal Man has Ever Seen it This Bright!"
• 2003 Aug 18-24 "Only One Week To Go Until Mars Reaches its Brightest Any Living Human Has Ever Seen It"
• 2003 Aug 11-17 "Mars Continues Racing Towards Us for its August 27th Meeting, and; The Moon Meets the Ringed Planet"
• 2003 Aug 04-10 "Use the Moon to Find Mars as Mars Races for its Closest Meeting in almost 60,000 Years, Plus: Sorry About the Perseids"
• 2003 Jul 28-03 "Weird but Wonderful Altair: The Second Brightest Star of the Summer Triangle"
• 2003 Jul 21-27 "Vega: The Arc Light of Summer Nights and the Apex of the Sun's Way"
• 2003 Jul 14-20 "Jupiter and Mercury Meet and Change Places, and; Our Moon Pays a Visit to Saturn"
• 2003 Jul 07-13 "Mars Doubles its Brightness this Month as it Races Towards Earth and Has a Super Spectacular Meeting with the Moon on the 17th"

Second Quarter, 2003

• 2003 Jun 30-06 "A Super Sky for the 4th of July!"
• 2003 Jun 23-29 "The Moon, the King and the Rival Of Mars, and; The Sun at its Dimmest for 2003!"
• 2003 Jun 16-22 "Day Star Day: Our Annual Star Gazer Celebration of Our Closest Star on the Summer Solstice"
• 2003 Jun 09-15 "Mars Brightens 100% in June, and; A Great Triangle of Stars Announces the Beginning of Summer"
• 2003 Jun 02-08 "The Two Inferior Planets Meet on the Summer Solstice, the First Day of Summer"
• 2003 May 26-01 "The King of the Planets and the King of the Beasts Meet the Queen of the Night"
• 2003 May 19-25 "Leo the Lion: Spring's Awesome Sphinx of the Heavens and the Cosmic King of the Beasts"
• 2003 May 12-18 "Farewell to Orion and Saturn and Hello, Hello to Mars and the Moon"
• 2003 May 05-11 "May 15th's Total Lunar Eclipse!"
• 2003 Apr 28-04 "The Dual Lunar Eclipses Of 2003!"
• 2003 Apr 21-27 "Two Wonderful Stars of Spring: One Racing Toward Us and the Other Speeding Away!"
• 2003 Apr 14-20 "Five Fine Planets and a Star that Exploded in 1054 A.D.!"
• 2003 Apr 07-13 "The Closest and Brightest Full Moon of 2003, and; Mercury at its Best for the Year on the Same Night!"

First Quarter, 2003

• 2003 Mar 31-06 "The Moon Visits Three Planets and a Cosmic Beehive of Stars"
• 2003 Mar 24-30 "Do You Know the Name of the Brightest Star We See Most Often?"
• 2003 Mar 17-23 "The Great Mars/Venus Switch"
• 2003 Mar 10-16 "Happy Vernal Equinox! Or, Have You Ever Wondered Why We Call Spring, 'Spring'?"
• 2003 Mar 03-09 "Taurus the Bull and His Wonderful Unusual Rider"
• 2003 Feb 24-02 "I Eat Green Caterpillars Whenever I Look at Jupiter"
• 2003 Feb 17-23 "A Mars and Venus Update, and How to Find Them Using the Moon Next Week"
• 2003 Feb 10-16 "The Valentine's Day Star"
• 2003 Feb 03-09 "Using the Moon To Find the Two Largest Planets"
• 2003 Jan 27-02 "Punxsutawney Phil and the King of the Planets, Candlemas and the First Cross Quarter Day of 2003"
• 2003 Jan 20-26 "The God of War and His Rival Make an Exquisite Triangle with the Goddess of Love in Late January Mornings"
• 2003 Jan 13-19 "How to See Something 20,000 Times the Size of Our Solar System with Just the Naked Eye"
• 2003 Jan 06-12 "The Moon Meets the Two Biggest Planets at their Best among Winter's Brightest Stars"

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

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