| Star Gazers | |
|---|---|
| No. of episodes | 53 |
| Release | |
| Original network | PBS |
| Original release | January 2 – December 31, 2012 |
| Season chronology | |
The 2012 season of the astronomy TV show Star Gazers starring Dean Regas, James Albury, and Marlene Hidalgo, started on January 2, 2012. 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 Gazers website hosts the complete scripts for each of the shows. After February 2012, the old jackstargazer.com website discontinued the practice of archiving its own copies of scripts from the show; and starting in July 2012, links to scripts from the jackstargazer.com website were directed to the "Episodes" page of the newer stargazersonline.org website. [1] [2] [3]
| # | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1778 | #12-01 | "Friday The 13th Is Good Luck For Finding Planets" | -- | -- | January 2, 2012 |
| 1779 | #12-02 | "The Winter Football" | -- | -- | January 9, 2012 |
| 1780 | #12-03 | "Which Season Is the Longest?" | -- | -- | January 16, 2012 |
| 1781 | #12-04 | "The Orion Nebula : A True Winter Wonder" | -- | -- | January 23, 2012 |
| 1782 | #12-05 | "Let Orion And Venus Be Your Guide" | -- | -- | January 30, 2012 |
| 1783 | #12-06 | "Make This Valentine's Day Cosmic With A Gift Of Stars And Planets" | -- | -- | February 6, 2012 |
| 1784 | #12-07 | "The Brightest Of The Bright" | -- | -- | February 13, 2012 |
| 1785 | #12-08 | "How To Find The Gemini Twins And Their Sensational Siblings" | -- | -- | February 20, 2012 |
| 1786 | #12-09 | "Happy Leap Day" | -- | -- | February 27, 2012 |
| 1787 | #12-10 | "Planet, Planet Burning Bright" | -- | -- | March 5, 2012 |
| 1788 | #12-11 | "Star Colors" | -- | Unknown | March 12, 2012 |
| 1789 | #12-12 | "Spring And A Crescent Moon" | -- | -- | March 19, 2012 |
| 1790 | #12-13 | "Low Lyin' Orion And The High Flyin' Lion" | -- | -- | March 26, 2012 |
| 1791 | #12-14 | "Going Retrograde With Venus And Mars" | -- | -- | April 2, 2012 |
| 1792 | #12-15 | "Venus In Transit" | -- | -- | April 9, 2012 |
| 1793 | #12-16 | "Astronomy Day Promises Plenty Of Planets" | -- | -- | April 16, 2012 |
| 1794 | #12-17 | "Time Traveling With The Big Dipper" | -- | -- | April 23, 2012 |
| 1795 | #12-18 | "Arc To Arcturus, Then Speed On To Saturn And Spica" | -- | -- | April 30, 2012 |
| 1796 | #12-19 | "Sunday Solar Eclipse For Some" | -- | -- | May 7, 2012 |
| 1797 | #12-20 | "Venus And Four Bright Stars In The Evening Sky" | -- | -- | May 14, 2012 |
| 1798 | #12-21 | "Triangles, Triangles" | -- | -- | May 21, 2012 |
| 1799 | #12-22 | "A Most Agreeable Spectacle : Venus Transits The Sun" | -- | -- | May 28, 2012 |
| 1800 | #12-23 | "Measuring The Cosmos" | -- | -- | June 4, 2012 |
| 1801 | #12-24 | "Join Us In Our Annual Day Star Day Celebration" | -- | -- | June 11, 2012 |
| 1802 | #12-25 | "What The Stars Look like For The First Days Of Summer" | -- | -- | June 18, 2012 |
| 1803 | #12-26 | "The Reasons For The Seasons" | -- | -- | June 25, 2012 |
| 1804 | #12-27 | "Circumpolar Vs. Seasonal Stars" | -- | -- | July 2, 2012 |
| 1805 | #12-28 | "The Dragon Vs. The Scorpion" | -- | -- | July 9, 2012 |
| 1806 | #12-29 | "It's Zubeneschamali And Zubenelgenubi Time" | -- | -- | July 16, 2012 |
| 1807 | #12-30 | "Transient Triangles And Orion Rises Once More" | -- | -- | July 23, 2012 |
| 1808 | #12-31 | "Altair : The Weird But Wonderful Star" | -- | -- | July 30, 2012 |
| 1809 | #12-32 | "How To Watch This Weekend's Perseid Meteor Shower" | -- | -- | August 6, 2012 |
| 1810 | #12-33 | "Two Planets At Night And Two Planets In The Morning" | -- | -- | August 13, 2012 |
| 1811 | #12-34 | "The Kitty Cat And The Scorpion : A Strange Tale Of A Tail" | -- | -- | August 20, 2012 |
| 1812 | #12-35 | "Viva Las Vega" | -- | -- | August 27, 2012 |
| 1813 | #12-36 | "Celestial Navigation With A Spoon And A W" | -- | -- | September 3, 2012 |
| 1814 | #12-37 | "The False Dawn Of Omar Khayyam" | -- | -- | September 10, 2012 |
| 1815 | #12-38 | "The Harvest Moon Illusion" | -- | -- | September 17, 2012 |
| 1816 | #12-39 | "Cygnus The Magnificent" | -- | -- | September 24, 2012 |
| 1817 | #12-40 | "The Planets Dance At Twilight And The Return Of The False Dawn" | -- | -- | October 1, 2012 |
| 1818 | #12-41 | "Heads And Tails Of The Sky" | -- | -- | October 8, 2012 |
| 1819 | #12-42 | "Ares Meets Antares And Hold Your Pinkie Over The Moon" | -- | -- | October 15, 2012 |
| 1820 | #12-43 | "Some Favorite Autumn Stars And Why The Stars Change With The Seasons" | -- | -- | October 22, 2012 |
| 1821 | #12-44 | "Cassiopeia, You're So Vain!" | -- | -- | October 29, 2012 |
| 1822 | #12-45 | "Two Frogs Hopping, Two Planets Wandering" | -- | -- | November 5, 2012 |
| 1823 | #12-46 | "Planet Show In The Morning Plus The Leonid Meteor Shower" | -- | -- | November 12, 2012 |
| 18204 | #12-47 | "Perseus And The Pleiades" | -- | -- | November 19, 2012 |
| 1825 | #12-48 | "The Surest Sign Of Winter And Why The Shortest Day Of The Year Doesn't Feel Right" | -- | -- | November 26, 2012 |
| 1826 | #12-49 | "Follow The Orbiting Moon" | -- | -- | December 3, 2012 |
| 1827 | #12-50 | "The Geminid Meteor Shower And Comets Are A Comin', Maybe" | -- | -- | December 10, 2012 |
| 1828 | #12-51 | "The Moon Of The Short Shadows" | -- | -- | December 17, 2010 |
| 1829 | #12-52 | "Celebrate New Year's Eve With A Sirius-ly Bright Star!" | -- | -- | December 24, 2012 |
| 1830 | #12-53 | "Four Cold Planets For January" | -- | -- | December 31, 2012 |
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