Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer (1999 season)

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Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer
Season 1999
No. of episodes52
Release
Original network PBS
Original releaseJanuary 4 (1999-01-04) 
December 27, 1999 (1999-12-27)
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The 1999 season of the astronomy TV show Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer starring Jack Horkheimer started on January 4, 1999. The episode numbering scheme for the show changed again in this season. Episode numbering was restarted and incorporated the last two digits of the year, in this case "99" for the year 1999. 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]

Contents

1999 season

##TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1100#SG 99-01"The Evening Star and the Seventh Planet and Earth Closest To The Sun This Week!"--Jack HorkheimerJanuary 4, 1999 (1999-01-04)
1101#SG 99-02"Hail Caesar and Happy New Year! And Getting Ready for A Super-Duper Grand Conjunction of the Two Brightest Planets!"--Jack HorkheimerJanuary 11, 1999 (1999-01-11)
1102#SG 99-03"The Orion Nebula: A True Winter Wonder!"--Jack HorkheimerJanuary 18, 1999 (1999-01-18)
1103#SG 99-04"Two Blue Moons For 1999! And The Big Blue Moon Brouhaha"--Jack HorkheimerJanuary 25, 1999 (1999-01-25)
1104#SG 99-05"A Great Big Red Star for Valentine's Day: About As Big and as Red as It Gets!"--Jack HorkheimerFebruary 1, 1999 (1999-02-01)
1105#SG 99-06"A Cosmic Switcheroo! The 8th & 9th Planets Change Places This Week! And Getting Ready for February 23rd's Super Duper Conjunction!"--Jack HorkheimerFebruary 8, 1999 (1999-02-08)
1106#SG 99-07"How To Watch Next Week's Spectacular Super-Duper Meeting of the Planets"--Jack HorkheimerFebruary 15, 1999 (1999-02-15)
1107#SG 99-08"The Elusive First Planet and How to Find It Easy as Pie"--Jack HorkheimerFebruary 22, 1999 (1999-02-22)
1108#SG 99-09"Four Planets In A Bundle For Your Early Evening Viewing Pleasure"--Jack HorkheimerMarch 1, 1999 (1999-03-01)
1109#SG 99-10"An Exquisite Celestial Trio with Exotic Earthshine, Friday March 19th"--Jack HorkheimerMarch 8, 1999 (1999-03-08)
1110#SG 99-11"Spring Is Here! At Least According To the Yellow Line In The Middle Of the Road"--Jack HorkheimerMarch 15, 1999 (1999-03-15)
1111#SG 99-12"The Beginning of Spring and The End of Winter Reflected in the Stars and A Blue Moon Update"--Jack HorkheimerMarch 22, 1999 (1999-03-22)
1112#SG 99-13"April 1999: The Month of Mars"--Jack HorkheimerMarch 29, 1999 (1999-03-29)
1113#SG 99-14"A New Way to Use the Big Dipper and Venus Pays A Visit to the Seven Sisters"--Jack HorkheimerApril 5, 1999 (1999-04-05)
1114#SG 99-15"The Weekend of Nine Cosmic Ladies and The Great Red Star"--Jack HorkheimerApril 12, 1999 (1999-04-12)
1115#SG 99-16"Mars At Opposition This Week! Closest and Brightest Since 1990!"--Jack HorkheimerApril 19, 1999 (1999-04-19)
1116#SG 99-17"The Truth about the North Star and How to Find It"--Jack HorkheimerApril 26, 1999 (1999-04-26)
1117#SG 99-18"A Super Close Up Look at Mars Which Is Still At Its Brightest Since 1990!"--Jack HorkheimerMay 3, 1999 (1999-05-03)
1118#SG 99-19"Venus, Earth's Twin Sister, Takes Over Evening Skies"--Jack HorkheimerMay 10, 1999 (1999-05-10)
1119#SG 99-20"How to Find Virgo and Its Brightest Star Spica"--Jack HorkheimerMay 17, 1999 (1999-05-17)
1120#SG 99-21"The Gemini Twins and the Goddess of Love and The Smallest Full Moon of the Year"--Jack HorkheimerMay 24, 1999 (1999-05-24)
1121#SG 99-22"Awesome Arcturus: Find It Now Before it's Gone"--Jack HorkheimerMay 31, 1999 (1999-05-31)
1122#SG 99-23"Mars and Spica Closest This Week, Mercury Puts In An Appearance, and A Venus / Moon Super Goody!"--Jack HorkheimerJune 7, 1999 (1999-06-07)
1123#SG 99-24"What the Night Sky Looks Like On the First Night of Summer"--Jack HorkheimerJune 14, 1999 (1999-06-14)
1124#SG 99-25"The Most Difficult to Find of All the Naked Eye Planets and How to Find It!"--Jack HorkheimerJune 21, 1999 (1999-06-21)
1125#SG 99-26"What to See in the Sky on The 4th Of July!"--Jack HorkheimerJune 28, 1999 (1999-06-28)
1126#SG 99-27"Don't Miss July 15th's Super Duper Spectacular Cosmic Trio! A Real Knock Your Socks off Sky Show!"--Jack HorkheimerJuly 5, 1999 (1999-07-05)
1127#SG 99-28"How to Watch Two Bright Planets and Two Bright Stars as They Move Away From Each Other"--Jack HorkheimerJuly 12, 1999 (1999-07-12)
1128#SG 99-29"The Scorpion and The Pussycat and How To Find Them!"--Jack HorkheimerJuly 19, 1999 (1999-07-19)
1129#SG 99-30"A Moon Journey Past Cosmic Wonders In Early Morning Skies"--Jack HorkheimerJuly 26, 1999 (1999-07-26)
1130#SG 99-31"Don't Miss Next Week's Perseid Meteor Shower Because This Year, Conditions Are Ideal For It!"--Jack HorkheimerAugust 2, 1999 (1999-08-02)
1131#SG 99-32"Mercury and The Gemini Twins and The Heliacal Rising Of the Dog Star!"--Jack HorkheimerAugust 9, 1999 (1999-08-09)
1132#SG 99-33"How To Use Mars To Find The Two Most Tongue Twisting Stars In The Cosmos!"--Jack HorkheimerAugust 16, 1999 (1999-08-16)
1133#SG 99-34"The Two Marvelous Star Clusters That Ride above the Scorpion's Tail!"--Jack HorkheimerAugust 23, 1999 (1999-08-23)
1134#SG 99-35"How to find The 'False Dawn' Of an Ancient Persian Poet"--Jack HorkheimerAugust 30, 1999 (1999-08-30)
1135#SG 99-36"Mars Meets Its Rival! And Won't Be This Close Again Until 2016!"--Jack HorkheimerSeptember 6, 1999 (1999-09-06)
1136#SG 99-37"The Two Days of the Year When the Sun Rises Due East and Sets Due Due West"--Jack HorkheimerSeptember 13, 1999 (1999-09-13)
1137#SG 99-38"A Trick You Can Do With A Dime and The Harvest Moon"--Jack HorkheimerSeptember 20, 1999 (1999-09-20)
1138#SG 99-39"A Parade of Planets from Sunset to Sunrise"--Jack HorkheimerSeptember 27, 1999 (1999-09-27)
1139#SG 99-40"The Moon and Venus, The Moon and Mercury and The Moon and Mars!"--Jack HorkheimerOctober 4, 1999 (1999-10-04)
1140#SG 99-41"Stars For an Indian Summer!"--Jack HorkheimerOctober 11, 1999 (1999-10-11)
1141#SG 99-42"Jupiter at Its Brightest and Closest in A Dozen Years!"--Jack HorkheimerOctober 18, 1999 (1999-10-18)
1142#SG 99-43"Venus at Its Highest and Brightest for the Year!"--Jack HorkheimerOctober 25, 1999 (1999-10-25)
1143#SG 99-44"Saturn at Opposition This Week and As Big and as Bright as It Ever Gets!"--Jack HorkheimerNovember 1, 1999 (1999-11-01)
1144#SG 99-45"Will Next Week's Leonid Meteor Shower Turn into A Meteor Storm?!"--Jack HorkheimerNovember 8, 1999 (1999-11-08)
1145#SG 99-46"A Meteor Storm Alert! And Our Moon Pays A Visit to the Two Largest Planets"--Jack HorkheimerNovember 15, 1999 (1999-11-15)
1146#SG 99-47"Another Cosmic Triangle and The Time Machine Effect!"--Jack HorkheimerNovember 22, 1999 (1999-11-22)
1147#SG 99-48"The Moon Meets the Pink Iron Planet"--Jack HorkheimerNovember 29, 1999 (1999-11-29)
1148#SG 99-49"The Geminid Meteor Shower, Plus the Moon and Mars and A Planet Named George!"--Jack HorkheimerDecember 6, 1999 (1999-12-06)
1149#SG 99-50"The Astonishing Lunar Illumination of December 22nd, 1999! The Brightest First Night of Winter In 133 years!"--Jack HorkheimerDecember 13, 1999 (1999-12-13)
1150#SG 99-51"The Winter Solstice and Why The Shortest Day of The Year Doesn't Feel Like The Shortest"--Jack HorkheimerDecember 20, 1999 (1999-12-20)
1151#SG 99-52"A Star for the Millennium! A Cosmic Way to Ring in the New Year!"--Jack HorkheimerDecember 27, 1999 (1999-12-27)

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