Star Gazers (2020 season)

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Star Gazers
No. of episodes52
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Original network PBS
Original releaseJanuary 6, 2020 (2020-01-06)
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The 2020 season of the astronomy TV show Star Gazers starring Trace Dominguez started on January 6, 2020. [1] [2] Episodes of the television series are released on the show's website at the start of the month, up to a month prior to any episode's broadcast date.

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During this season, extra episodes (described as clips on part of the show's official website) were produced in addition to the regular weekly televised episodes. These episodes tended to be longer than the weekly televised episodes; although, the durations of these episodes tended to vary from clip to clip. While the regular weekly episodes were designed to be presented during a specific week, the content of the extra episodes tended to focus on more general astronomical topics rather than on specific astronomical events which were occurring within a more limited time span, meaning that the extra episodes could be aired at any time during a longer time span. Two of these extra episodes were produced and released in pairs every month, using the same format which had been used for the discontinued five-minute format of the weekly television episodes.

2020 season

##TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
2195#2020-01"North Star Orienteering Part 1"----January 6, 2020 (2020-01-06)
2196#2020-02"North Star Orienteering Part 2"----January 13, 2020 (2020-01-13)
2197#2020-03"Finding Orion's Secrets Part 1"----January 20, 2020 (2020-01-20)
2198#2020-04"Finding Orion's Secrets Part 2"----January 27, 2020 (2020-01-27)
2199#2020-05"That'snow Moon!!"----February 3, 2020 (2020-02-03)
2200#2020-06"Orion's Great Love"----February 10, 2020 (2020-02-10)
2201#2020-07"Mercury's Big Show"----February 17, 2020 (2020-02-17)
2202#2020-08"Why Do We Leap?"----February 24, 2020 (2020-02-24)
2203#2020-09"Mercurial Mood?"----March 2, 2020 (2020-03-02)
2204#2020-10"The Moon Is Super!"----March 9, 2020 (2020-03-09)
2205#2020-11"It's Spring! Happy New Year?"----March 16, 2020 (2020-03-16)
2206#2020-12"Welcome To Elongation Station"----March 23, 2020 (2020-03-23)
2207#2020-13"Did Juno You Can See An Asteroid?"----March 30, 2020 (2020-03-30)
2208#2020-14"Morning Astronomy"----April 6, 2020 (2020-04-06)
2209#2020-15"Bump, Arc and Spica!"----April 13, 2020 (2020-04-13)
2210#2020-16"It's Shower Time"----April 20, 2020 (2020-04-20)
2211#2020-17"Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse!"----April 27, 2020 (2020-04-27)
2212#2020-18"Another Super Moon"----May 4, 2020 (2020-05-04)
2213#2020-19"Have a Good Trip, See You Next Fall"----May 11, 2020 (2020-05-11)
2214#2020-20"Corvus and Crater"----May 18, 2020 (2020-05-18)
2215#2020-21"Capture the Moon in a Triangle"----May 25, 2020 (2020-05-25)
2216#2020-22"Who Put the Glad in Gladiator?"----June 1, 2020 (2020-06-01)
2217#2020-23"What’s That Bright Dot?"----June 8, 2020 (2020-06-08)
2218#2020-24"Zubeneschamali and Cheese Please"----June 15, 2020 (2020-06-15)
2219#2020-25"Wobble With It"----June 22, 2020 (2020-06-22)
2220#2020-26"An Independent Lunar Eclipse"----June 29, 2020 (2020-06-29)
2221#2020-27"Tidally Locked Moon"----July 6, 2020 (2020-07-06)
2222#2020-28"Jupiter and Saturn: Opposition Edition"----July 13, 2020 (2020-07-13)
2223#2020-29"It's a Planet Party!"----July 20, 2020 (2020-07-20)
2224#2020-30"Maui's Fish Hook: You're Welcome!"----July 27, 2020 (2020-07-27)
2225#2020-31"Green Sturgeon and Vegetables"----August 3, 2020 (2020-08-03)
2226#2020-32"Perseus is in the Shower"----August 10, 2020 (2020-08-10)
2227#2020-33"The Great Square of Pegasus"----August 17, 2020 (2020-08-17)
2228#2020-34"Orion Grabs His Morning Star"----August 24, 2020 (2020-08-24)
2229#2020-35"Ain’t Nothing But a Heavenly G, Baby"----August 31, 2020 (2020-08-31)
2230#2020-36"Fall and Winter Wondersky"----September 7, 2020 (2020-09-07)
2231#2020-37"Finding Andromeda"----September 14, 2020 (2020-09-14)
2232#2020-38"It's Offic-Fall!"----September 21, 2020 (2020-09-21)
2233#2020-39"This Is My Handle, This Is My Spout"----September 28, 2020 (2020-09-28)
2234#2020-40"How Venus Got its Groove Back"----October 5, 2020 (2020-10-05)
2235#2020-41"Follow the Milky Way"----October 12, 2020 (2020-10-12)
2236#2020-42"Captain Planet's Scootchie"----October 18, 2020 (2020-10-18)
2237#2020-43"Medusa's Severed Head"----October 25, 2020 (2020-10-25)
2238#2020-44"Da Disappearing Dipper"----November 2, 2020 (2020-11-02)
2239#2020-45"Look, the Lovely Leonids!"----November 9, 2020 (2020-11-09)
2240#2020-46"Cool Crescent Clumping!"----November 16, 2020 (2020-11-16)
2241#2020-47"Magnificent Moon Maria"----November 23, 2020 (2020-11-23)
2242#2020-48"Zodiac Wowie Zowie!"----November 30, 2020 (2020-11-30)
2243#2020-49"Gee Wiz, Geminids!"----December 7, 2020 (2020-12-07)
2244#2020-50"Red Mars"----December 14, 2020 (2020-12-14)
2245#2020-51"What a Great Conjunction!"----December 21, 2020 (2020-12-21)
2246#2020-52"Happy Perihelion Day!"----December 28, 2020 (2020-12-28)

Evergreen Segments

##TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
3#EVERGREEN 003"How to Spot the ISS"----January 2020 (2020-01)
4#EVERGREEN 004"Universe Time Machine"----January 2020 (2020-01)
5#EG005 or EV005"We Contain Magnitudes"----February 2020 (2020-02)
6#EG006 or EV006"Go South, My Friends!"----February 2020 (2020-02)
7EV007"Our Strange, Average Sun"----March 2020 (2020-03)
8EV008"Exciting Ecliptics Explained"----March 2020 (2020-03)
9EV009"Devour Those Showers"----April 2020 (2020-04)
10EV010"What Happened To Pluto?"----April 2020 (2020-04)
11EV011"Using the Scientific Method in the Sky"----May 2020 (2020-05)
12EV012"The Many Faces of Our Moon"----May 2020 (2020-05)

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References

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  2. "Star Gazers Video Download Page - 2015". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. January 2015.