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| Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer | |
|---|---|
| Season 2000 | |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Release | |
| Original network | PBS |
| Original release | January 3 – December 25, 2000 |
| Season chronology | |
The 2000 season of the astronomy TV show Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer starring Jack Horkheimer started on January 3, 2000. The episode numbering scheme for the show changed yet again in this season. This time the "SG" was dropped from the episode number. This had been used in the previous three seasons to differentiate the Star Gazer shows from the Star Hustler shows. 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]
| # | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1152 | #00-01 | "Earth Closest to the Sun This Week! Four Naked Eye Planets and A Lunar Eclipse Alert!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | January 3, 2000 |
| 1153 | #00-02 | "Get Ready for Next Week's Total Eclipse of the Moon" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | January 10, 2000 |
| 1154 | #00-03 | "A Lunar Eclipse Alert! And A Journey to A Place Where Stars Are Born" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | January 17, 2000 |
| 1155 | #00-04 | "A Ground Hog Day Sky Show Extravaganza! Plus A Tiny Taste of Summer" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | January 24, 2000 |
| 1156 | #00-05 | "The Moon Visits the Planets and The Planets Prepare To Visit Each Other" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | January 31, 2000 |
| 1157 | #00-06 | "A Great Big Red Star for Valentine's Day, Slowly Beating like A Giant Cosmic Heart" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | February 7, 2000 |
| 1158 | #00-07 | "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | February 14, 2000 |
| 1159 | #00-08 | "The Venus Challenge" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | February 21, 2000 |
| 1160 | #00-09 | "Getting Ready for A Great Meeting of the Planets" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | February 28, 2000 |
| 1161 | #00-10 | "The Strange and Marvelous Reality of The Brightest Star We See Most Often" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | March 6, 2000 |
| 1162 | #00-11 | "Why Is Spring Called Spring? And Other Tantalizing Tidbits about the Seasons" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | March 13, 2000 |
| 1163 | #00-12 | "Low Lyin' Orion and The High Flyin' Lion" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | March 20, 2000 |
| 1164 | #00-13 | "The Incredible Journey of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | March 27, 2000 |
| 1165 | #00-14 | "The Great Mars/Jupiter/Saturn Sky Show Reaches Its Climax" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | April 3, 2000 |
| 1166 | #00-15 | "Using the Big Dipper To Find Two Wonderful Stars!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | April 10, 2000 |
| 1167 | #00-16 | "How to Time Travel through the Big Dipper" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | April 17, 2000 |
| 1168 | #00-17 | "The Big Planetary Lineup Brou-Ha-Ha! You Won't Even Get Your Feet Wet!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | April 24, 2000 |
| 1169 | #00-18 | "How to Use the Moon to Find the Lion, The Virgin and The Scorpion" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | May 1, 2000 |
| 1170 | #00-19 | "How To Measure Distances In the Sky Using Just Your Fingers and The Big Dipper" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | May 8, 2000 |
| 1171 | #00-20 | "Regulus and Denebola, The Heart and Tail Of Leo The Lion" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | May 15, 2000 |
| 1172 | #00-21 | "There Are Only 2 Really Good Times This Year To See Mercury and Next Week Is One Of Them!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | May 22, 2000 |
| 1173 | #00-22 | "The Closest Meeting Of the Two Largest Planets for 20 Years!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | May 29, 2000 |
| 1174 | #00-23 | "A Jupiter-Saturn Alert & The Wonderful Full Moon of June" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | June 5, 2000 |
| 1175 | #00-24 | "Day Star Day: A Celebration of the Summer Solstice and The Star We Call Our Sun" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | June 12, 2000 |
| 1176 | #00-25 | "A Great Celestial Triangle Announces the Beginning of Summer and Your Last Chance To See Jupiter and Saturn This Close Until 2020" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | June 19, 2000 |
| 1177 | #00-26 | "A Special Sky For The 4th Of July" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | June 26, 2000 |
| 1178 | #00-27 | "Earth Farthest From the Sun This Week, and The Two Largest Planets Light up Morning Skies" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | July 3, 2000 |
| 1179 | #00-28 | "It's Zubenelgenubi and Zubeneschamali Time Once Again!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | July 10, 2000 |
| 1180 | #00-29 | "A Pre Dawn Sky For the Last Week of July!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | July 17, 2000 |
| 1181 | #00-30 | "Two Cat's Eyes in Summer Skies" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | July 24, 2000 |
| 1182 | #00-31 | "A Planet Named George and How to Find It Next Week... Maybe" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | July 31, 2000 |
| 1183 | #00-32 | "The One Hour Only Perseid Comet Litter Meteor Shower" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | August 7, 2000 |
| 1184 | #00-33 | "Using the Moon to Find Four Planets in Late Summer Skies" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | August 14, 2000 |
| 1185 | #00-34 | "A City Of Stars in Summer Skies" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | August 21, 2000 |
| 1186 | #00-35 | "Vega: The Brightest and Most Wonderful Star of the Summer Triangle" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | August 28, 2000 |
| 1187 | #00-36 | "The Nights of the Harvest Moon and Mars and Regulus Meet" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | September 4, 2000 |
| 1188 | #00-37 | "This Year's Autumnal Equinox and The Unusual Effect It Will Have on Drivers" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | September 11, 2000 |
| 1189 | #00-38 | "Moon and Planet Games for the Last Week of September" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | September 18, 2000 |
| 1190 | #00-39 | "Vega: The Brightest & Most Wonderful Star of the Summer Triangle" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | September 25, 2000 |
| 1191 | #00-40 | "The Milky Way At Its Very Best In Early Evening October Skies" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | October 2, 2000 |
| 1192 | #00-41 | "The Planets Brighten and Triskaidekaphobia Day!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | October 9, 2000 |
| 1193 | #00-42 | "The Witching Hour and The Pleiades Hour and The End of the World on Halloween!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | October 16, 2000 |
| 1194 | #00-43 | "A Venus and Crescent Moon Sky Goody and Say Farewell to Sagittarius" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | October 23, 2000 |
| 1195 | #00-44 | "The Farthest Thing in the Universe You Can See With the Naked Eye" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | October 30, 2000 |
| 1196 | #00-45 | "The Leonid Meteor Shower and The Full Moon Visits Two Planets and A Star" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | November 6, 2000 |
| 1197 | #00-46 | "A Turkey Isn't the Only Bird you'll see For Thanksgiving" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | November 13, 2000 |
| 1198 | #00-47 | "Three Outrageously Wonderful Planets For The Holiday Season, 2000" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | November 20, 2000 |
| 1199 | #00-48 | "The Surest Sign of Winter and Why The Shortest Day Of The Year Doesn't Feel Like The Shortest Day Of The Year" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | November 27, 2000 |
| 1200 | #00-49 | "The Holiday Star Gets Higher and Brighter! And using The Moon to find The 2 Largest Planets" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | December 4, 2000 |
| 1201 | #00-50 | "The Eclipse of the Sun on Christmas Day and How to View It Safely" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | December 11, 2000 |
| 1202 | #00-51 | "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" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | December 18, 2000 |
| 1203 | #00-52 | "Ring In the New Year the Cosmic Way! With The New Year's Eve Star and Two Wonderful Planets" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | December 25, 2000 |
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The 2006 season of the astronomy TV show Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer starring Jack Horkheimer started on January 2, 2006. 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.
The 2007 season of the astronomy TV show Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer starring Jack Horkheimer started on January 1, 2007. 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.
The 2008 season of the astronomy TV show Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer starring Jack Horkheimer started on January 7, 2008. 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.
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