Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer (2002 season)

Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer (2002 season)
Country of origin  United States
No. of episodes 53
Broadcast
Original channel PBS
Original run December 31, 2001 – December 30, 2002

The 2002 season of the astronomy TV show Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer starring Jack Horkheimer started on December 31, 2001. The show's episode numbering scheme changed several times during its run to coincide with major events in the show's history. The official Star Gazer website hosts the complete scripts for each of the shows.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

2002 season

# # Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1256#02-01"Earth Closest to the Sun This Week, Mercury at Its Best Evening Appearance, And Jupiter at Its Closest and Brightest for the Entire Year!"--Jack HorkheimerDecember 31, 2001
1257#02-02"The Winter Hexagon and The Summer Triangle in the Sky at the Same Time, Right Now In The Dead Of Winter, Would You Believe?"--Jack HorkheimerJanuary 7, 2002
1258#02-03"The Moon Has Two Near Misses with Two Planets!"--Jack HorkheimerJanuary 14, 2002
1259#02-04"The Shoulder and Knee Stars of Winter's Most Famous Constellation, Orion the Hunter"--Jack HorkheimerJanuary 21, 2002
1260#02-05"The Wonderful Stars of Orion's Belt and How They Turned Me On To Star Gazing"--Jack HorkheimerJanuary 28, 2002
1261#02-06"A Giant Red Star for Valentine's Day and How to Find It"--Jack HorkheimerFebruary 4, 2002
1262#02-07"The Moon Has Two Super Meetings With Two Super Planets and Plays "Now You See It / Now You Don't" With Saturn"--Jack HorkheimerFebruary 11, 2002
1263#02-08"The Two Incredibly Close Full Moons Of 2002 And the Farthest"--Jack HorkheimerFebruary 18, 2002
1264#02-09"Saturn at Its Best Since The 70's"--Jack HorkheimerFebruary 25, 2002
1265#02-10"Venus Returns for St. Patrick's Day and Getting Ready for the Great Planetary Lineup"--Jack HorkheimerMarch 4, 2002
1266#02-11"Why Is Spring Called Spring? And What Does Spring have to do With the Yellow Line In The Middle Of the Road?"--Jack HorkheimerMarch 11, 2002
1267#02-12"The Second Biggest Full Moon of 2002 Glides Across the Sky with the Brightest Star Of Virgo"--Jack HorkheimerMarch 18, 2002
1268#02-13"Two Sure Signs Of Spring: Low Lyin' Orion and A High Flyin' Lion"--Jack HorkheimerMarch 25, 2002
1269#02-14"How to Look Back In Time Using the Most Famous Star Pattern of Them All"--Jack HorkheimerApril 1, 2002
1270#02-15"The Great Planetary lineup Begins and You Can Watch It All With Just The Naked Eye"--Jack HorkheimerApril 8, 2002
1271#02-16"Celebrate National Astronomy Day This Weekend With The Best Planetary Lineup In Decades"--Jack HorkheimerApril 15, 2002
1272#02-17"The Incredible Planetary Pin Ball Game During the Great Planetary Lineup"--Jack HorkheimerApril 22, 2002
1273#02-18"Planets in A Super Huddle the Great Planetary Gathering Continues And Becomes Even More Spectacular"--Jack HorkheimerApril 29, 2002
1274#02-19"May 14 Is Super Venus/Moon Day! And The Great Planet Gathering And Dance Continues"--Jack HorkheimerMay 6, 2002
1275#02-20"Awesome Arcturus: Star of A Million Years"--Jack HorkheimerMay 13, 2002
1276#02-21"The Two Brightest Planets Meet While the Twin Stars of Gemini Look On"--Jack HorkheimerMay 20, 2002
1277#02-22"Venus and Jupiter Versus the Gemini Twins"--Jack HorkheimerMay 27, 2002
1278#02-23"Even Though the Great Planetary Lineup is Over, The Super Jupiter/Venus/Moon Sky Show Continues"--Jack HorkheimerJune 3, 2002
1279#02-24"Day Star Day: An Annual "Star Gazer" Celebration Of The Summer Solstice And Our Closest Star"--Jack HorkheimerJune 10, 2002
1280#02-25"What the Stars Look Like On the First Nights of Summer"--Jack HorkheimerJune 17, 2002
1281#02-26"How to See A Super Special Sky Show Right After the Fireworks on The 4th Of July"--Jack HorkheimerJune 24, 2002
1282#02-27"Earth At Aphelion; Saturn Meets the Moon: And Venus Meets the Heart of Leo"--Jack HorkheimerJuly 1, 2002
1283#02-28"The Two Mairzy Doats and Dozey Doats and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius Stars of the Cosmos"--Jack HorkheimerJuly 8, 2002
1284#02-29"A Cosmic City of A Million Stars and How to Find It"--Jack HorkheimerJuly 15, 2002
1285#02-30"The Wonderful Cat's Eyes of Summer Skies"--Jack HorkheimerJuly 22, 2002
1286#02-31"How to Get Started in Astronomy and The Two Comets That Never Were"--Jack HorkheimerJuly 29, 2002
1287#02-32"Venus Meets the Moon and The Night of St. Lawrence's Tears"--Jack HorkheimerAugust 5, 2002
1288#02-33"The Great Mars Approach Begins! As Mars Prepares For Its Closest Meeting with Earth in 60,000 Years!"--Jack HorkheimerAugust 12, 2002
1289#02-34"An Ancient Archer Aims His Arrow at the Heart of the Scorpion and The Heart of the Galaxy"--Jack HorkheimerAugust 19, 2002
1290#02-35"The Summer Triangle Blazes Overhead For the Labor Day Weekend"--Jack HorkheimerAugust 26, 2002
1291#02-36"Last Chance to See Venus and the Moon as an Evening Pair and A Wonderful Star Named Spica"--Jack HorkheimerSeptember 2, 2002
1292#02-37"The Annual Return of the False Dawn of Omar Khayyam and How to Find It Next Week"--Jack HorkheimerSeptember 9, 2002
1293#02-38"Weekend Of the Harvest Moon and The Autumnal Equinox"--Jack HorkheimerSeptember 16, 2002
1294#02-39"Venus at Greatest Brilliancy and Two Wonderful Planets"--Jack HorkheimerSeptember 23, 2002
1295#02-40"Mars And Mercury Pair Up And the Rival Of Mars Says Good Bye"--Jack HorkheimerSeptember 30, 2002
1296#02-41"The Early Bird Not Only Gets the Worm, but also 4 Pre-dawn Planets Lined Up In A Row"--Jack HorkheimerOctober 7, 2002
1297#02-42"This Year's Very Special Hunter's Moon"--Jack HorkheimerOctober 14, 2002
1298#02-43"The Seven Sisters and Halloween, And the End of the World"--Jack HorkheimerOctober 21, 2002
1299#02-44"How to Look Back In Time Over Two Million Years"--Jack HorkheimerOctober 28, 2002
1300#02-45"Get Ready for What May Be the Last Great Leonid Meteor Storm in 100 Years!"--Jack HorkheimerNovember 4, 2002
1301#02-46"Planets Aplenty for Both Night Owls and Early Birds"--Jack HorkheimerNovember 11, 2002
1302#02-47"Our Star Gazer Annual "3 Cosmic Birds For Thanksgiving" Show"--Jack HorkheimerNovember 18, 2002
1303#02-48"Begin Your December with A Super Celestial Triangle"--Jack HorkheimerNovember 25, 2002
1304#02-49"December's Days Of Earliest Sunsets Venus Reaches Greatest Brilliancy And Orion Announces The Coming Of Winter"--Jack HorkheimerDecember 2, 2002
1305#02-50"Saturn Comes Into Opposition December 17th And Will Be At Its Biggest And Brightest It Ever Gets"--Jack HorkheimerDecember 9, 2002
1306#02-51"What Is the Winter Solstice Really All About?"--Jack HorkheimerDecember 16, 2002
1307#02-52"Celebrate New Year's Eve with the New Year's Eve Star"--Jack HorkheimerDecember 23, 2002
1308#02-53"2003: The Year Of The Amateur Telescope / A Cosmic Preview"--Jack HorkheimerDecember 30, 2002

References

  1. "Star Gazer Scripts - January 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. January 2002. Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  2. "Star Gazer Scripts - February 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. February 2002. Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  3. "Star Gazer Scripts - March 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. March 2002. Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  4. "Star Gazer Scripts - April 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. April 2002. Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  5. "Star Gazer Scripts - May 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. May 2002. Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  6. "Star Gazer Scripts - June 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. June 2002. Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  7. "Star Gazer Scripts - July 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. July 2002. Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  8. "Star Gazer Scripts - August 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. August 2002. Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  9. "Star Gazer Scripts - September 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. September 2002. Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  10. "Star Gazer Scripts - October 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. October 2002. Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  11. "Star Gazer Scripts - November 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. November 2002. Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
  12. "Star Gazer Scripts - December 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. December 2002. Archived from the original on 2011-02-15. Retrieved 20 September 2010.

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