Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer (2002 season)

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]

Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer
No. of episodes53
Release
Original networkPBS
Original releaseDecember 31, 2001 (2001-12-31) –
December 30, 2002 (2002-12-30)
Season chronology
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2002 season

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# # 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 (2001-12-31)
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 (2002-01-07)
1258#02-03"The Moon Has Two Near Misses with Two Planets!"--Jack HorkheimerJanuary 14, 2002 (2002-01-14)
1259#02-04"The Shoulder and Knee Stars of Winter's Most Famous Constellation, Orion the Hunter"--Jack HorkheimerJanuary 21, 2002 (2002-01-21)
1260#02-05"The Wonderful Stars of Orion's Belt and How They Turned Me On To Star Gazing"--Jack HorkheimerJanuary 28, 2002 (2002-01-28)
1261#02-06"A Giant Red Star for Valentine's Day and How to Find It"--Jack HorkheimerFebruary 4, 2002 (2002-02-04)
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 (2002-02-11)
1263#02-08"The Two Incredibly Close Full Moons Of 2002 And the Farthest"--Jack HorkheimerFebruary 18, 2002 (2002-02-18)
1264#02-09"Saturn at Its Best Since The 70's"--Jack HorkheimerFebruary 25, 2002 (2002-02-25)
1265#02-10"Venus Returns for St. Patrick's Day and Getting Ready for the Great Planetary Lineup"--Jack HorkheimerMarch 4, 2002 (2002-03-04)
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 (2002-03-11)
1267#02-12"The Second Biggest Full Moon of 2002 Glides Across the Sky with the Brightest Star Of Virgo"--Jack HorkheimerMarch 18, 2002 (2002-03-18)
1268#02-13"Two Sure Signs Of Spring: Low Lyin' Orion and A High Flyin' Lion"--Jack HorkheimerMarch 25, 2002 (2002-03-25)
1269#02-14"How to Look Back In Time Using the Most Famous Star Pattern of Them All"--Jack HorkheimerApril 1, 2002 (2002-04-01)
1270#02-15"The Great Planetary lineup Begins and You Can Watch It All With Just The Naked Eye"--Jack HorkheimerApril 8, 2002 (2002-04-08)
1271#02-16"Celebrate National Astronomy Day This Weekend With The Best Planetary Lineup In Decades"--Jack HorkheimerApril 15, 2002 (2002-04-15)
1272#02-17"The Incredible Planetary Pin Ball Game During the Great Planetary Lineup"--Jack HorkheimerApril 22, 2002 (2002-04-22)
1273#02-18"Planets in A Super Huddle the Great Planetary Gathering Continues And Becomes Even More Spectacular"--Jack HorkheimerApril 29, 2002 (2002-04-29)
1274#02-19"May 14 Is Super Venus/Moon Day! And The Great Planet Gathering And Dance Continues"--Jack HorkheimerMay 6, 2002 (2002-05-06)
1275#02-20"Awesome Arcturus: Star of A Million Years"--Jack HorkheimerMay 13, 2002 (2002-05-13)
1276#02-21"The Two Brightest Planets Meet While the Twin Stars of Gemini Look On"--Jack HorkheimerMay 20, 2002 (2002-05-20)
1277#02-22"Venus and Jupiter Versus the Gemini Twins"--Jack HorkheimerMay 27, 2002 (2002-05-27)
1278#02-23"Even Though the Great Planetary Lineup is Over, The Super Jupiter/Venus/Moon Sky Show Continues"--Jack HorkheimerJune 3, 2002 (2002-06-03)
1279#02-24"Day Star Day: An Annual "Star Gazer" Celebration Of The Summer Solstice And Our Closest Star"--Jack HorkheimerJune 10, 2002 (2002-06-10)
1280#02-25"What the Stars Look Like On the First Nights of Summer"--Jack HorkheimerJune 17, 2002 (2002-06-17)
1281#02-26"How to See A Super Special Sky Show Right After the Fireworks on The 4th Of July"--Jack HorkheimerJune 24, 2002 (2002-06-24)
1282#02-27"Earth At Aphelion; Saturn Meets the Moon: And Venus Meets the Heart of Leo"--Jack HorkheimerJuly 1, 2002 (2002-07-01)
1283#02-28"The Two Mairzy Doats and Dozey Doats and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius Stars of the Cosmos"--Jack HorkheimerJuly 8, 2002 (2002-07-08)
1284#02-29"A Cosmic City of A Million Stars and How to Find It"--Jack HorkheimerJuly 15, 2002 (2002-07-15)
1285#02-30"The Wonderful Cat's Eyes of Summer Skies"--Jack HorkheimerJuly 22, 2002 (2002-07-22)
1286#02-31"How to Get Started in Astronomy and The Two Comets That Never Were"--Jack HorkheimerJuly 29, 2002 (2002-07-29)
1287#02-32"Venus Meets the Moon and The Night of St. Lawrence's Tears"--Jack HorkheimerAugust 5, 2002 (2002-08-05)
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 (2002-08-12)
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 (2002-08-19)
1290#02-35"The Summer Triangle Blazes Overhead For the Labor Day Weekend"--Jack HorkheimerAugust 26, 2002 (2002-08-26)
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 (2002-09-02)
1292#02-37"The Annual Return of the False Dawn of Omar Khayyam and How to Find It Next Week"--Jack HorkheimerSeptember 9, 2002 (2002-09-09)
1293#02-38"Weekend Of the Harvest Moon and The Autumnal Equinox"--Jack HorkheimerSeptember 16, 2002 (2002-09-16)
1294#02-39"Venus at Greatest Brilliancy and Two Wonderful Planets"--Jack HorkheimerSeptember 23, 2002 (2002-09-23)
1295#02-40"Mars And Mercury Pair Up And the Rival Of Mars Says Good Bye"--Jack HorkheimerSeptember 30, 2002 (2002-09-30)
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 (2002-10-07)
1297#02-42"This Year's Very Special Hunter's Moon"--Jack HorkheimerOctober 14, 2002 (2002-10-14)
1298#02-43"The Seven Sisters and Halloween, And the End of the World"--Jack HorkheimerOctober 21, 2002 (2002-10-21)
1299#02-44"How to Look Back In Time Over Two Million Years"--Jack HorkheimerOctober 28, 2002 (2002-10-28)
1300#02-45"Get Ready for What May Be the Last Great Leonid Meteor Storm in 100 Years!"--Jack HorkheimerNovember 4, 2002 (2002-11-04)
1301#02-46"Planets Aplenty for Both Night Owls and Early Birds"--Jack HorkheimerNovember 11, 2002 (2002-11-11)
1302#02-47"Our Star Gazer Annual "3 Cosmic Birds For Thanksgiving" Show"--Jack HorkheimerNovember 18, 2002 (2002-11-18)
1303#02-48"Begin Your December with A Super Celestial Triangle"--Jack HorkheimerNovember 25, 2002 (2002-11-25)
1304#02-49"December's Days Of Earliest Sunsets Venus Reaches Greatest Brilliancy And Orion Announces The Coming Of Winter"--Jack HorkheimerDecember 2, 2002 (2002-12-02)
1305#02-50"Saturn Comes Into Opposition December 17th And Will Be At Its Biggest And Brightest It Ever Gets"--Jack HorkheimerDecember 9, 2002 (2002-12-09)
1306#02-51"What Is the Winter Solstice Really All About?"--Jack HorkheimerDecember 16, 2002 (2002-12-16)
1307#02-52"Celebrate New Year's Eve with the New Year's Eve Star"--Jack HorkheimerDecember 23, 2002 (2002-12-23)
1308#02-53"2003: The Year Of The Amateur Telescope / A Cosmic Preview"--Jack HorkheimerDecember 30, 2002 (2002-12-30)

References

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  1. ^ "Star Gazer Scripts - January 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. January 2002. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
  2. ^ "Star Gazer Scripts - February 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. February 2002. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
  3. ^ "Star Gazer Scripts - March 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. March 2002. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
  4. ^ "Star Gazer Scripts - April 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. April 2002. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
  5. ^ "Star Gazer Scripts - May 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. May 2002. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
  6. ^ "Star Gazer Scripts - June 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. June 2002. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
  7. ^ "Star Gazer Scripts - July 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. July 2002. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
  8. ^ "Star Gazer Scripts - August 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. August 2002. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
  9. ^ "Star Gazer Scripts - September 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. September 2002. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
  10. ^ "Star Gazer Scripts - October 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. October 2002. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
  11. ^ "Star Gazer Scripts - November 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. November 2002. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
  12. ^ "Star Gazer Scripts - December 2002". Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer official site. Miami, Florida: WPBT. December 2002. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
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