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.

Select the desired episode:

Second Quarter, 2002

• 2002 Jun 24-30 "How to See a Super Special Sky Show Right After the Fireworks on the 4th Of July"
• 2002 Jun 17-23 "What the Stars Look Like on the First Nights of Summer"
• 2002 Jun 10-16 "Day Star Day: An Annual Star Gazer Celebration of the Summer Solstice and Our Closest Star"
• 2002 Jun 03-09 "Even though the Great Planetary Lineup is over, the Super Jupiter/Venus/Moon Sky Show Continues"
• 2002 May 27-02 "Venus and Jupiter Versus the Gemini Twins!"
• 2002 May 20-26 "The Two Brightest Planets Meet While the Twin Stars of Gemini Look On"
• 2002 May 13-19 "Awesome Arcturus: Star of a Million Years"
• 2002 May 06-12 "May 14th is Super Venus/Moon Day! And; The Great Planet Gathering and Dance Continues"
• 2002 Apr 29-05 "Planets in a Super Huddle: The Great Planetary Gathering Continues and Becomes Even More Spectacular"
• 2002 Apr 22-28 "The Incredible Planetary Pin Ball Game During The Great Planetary Lineup"
• 2002 Apr 15-21 "Celebrate National Astronomy Day with The Best Planetary Lineup in 2 Decades!"
• 2002 Apr 08-14 "The Great Planetary Line-Up Begins, and You Can Watch it All with Just the Naked Eye"
• 2002 Apr 01-07 "How to Look Back in Time Using the Most Famous Star Pattern of Them All"

First Quarter, 2002

• 2002 Mar 25-31 "Two Sure Signs of Spring: Low Lyin' Orion and a High Flyin' Lion"
• 2002 Mar 18-24 "The Second-Biggest Full Moon of 2002 Glides Across the Sky with the Brightest Star of Virgo"
• 2002 Mar 11-17 "Why is Spring Called Spring? and; What Does Spring Have To Do with the Yellow Line in the Middle of the Road?"
• 2002 Mar 04-10 "Venus Returns for St. Patrick's Day, and; Getting Ready for the Great Planetary Lineup"
• 2002 Feb 25-03 "Saturn at its Best Since the 70's"
• 2002 Feb 18-24 "The Two Incredibly Close Full Moons of 2002, And the Farthest"
• 2002 Feb 11-17 "The Moon has Two Super Meetings with Two Super Planets and Plays 'Now You See It/Now You Don't' with Saturn"
• 2002 Feb 04-10 "A Giant Red Star for Valentine's Day, and How To Find It"
• 2002 Jan 28-03 "The Wonderful Stars of Orion's Belt, and; How They Turned Me On To Star Gazing"
• 2002 Jan 21-27 "The Shoulder and Knee Stars of Winter's Most Famous Constellation, Orion the Hunter"
• 2002 Jan 14-20 "The Moon has Two Near Misses with Two Planets!"
• 2002 Jan 07-13 "The Winter Hexagon and the Summer Triangle In the Sky at the Same Time, Right Now In the Dead Of Winter, Would You Believe?"

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

To see a listing of episodes for previous years, click on the desired year below:

2001    2000    1999    1998     1997

This page is provided and maintained by Software Bisque, Inc., in cooperation with the producers of Star Gazer.