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 episodes | 53 |
| Release | |
| Original network | PBS |
| Original release | December 31, 2001 – December 30, 2002 |
| Season chronology | |
2002 season
edit| # | # | 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 Horkheimer | December 31, 2001 |
| 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 Horkheimer | January 7, 2002 |
| 1258 | #02-03 | "The Moon Has Two Near Misses with Two Planets!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | January 14, 2002 |
| 1259 | #02-04 | "The Shoulder and Knee Stars of Winter's Most Famous Constellation, Orion the Hunter" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | January 21, 2002 |
| 1260 | #02-05 | "The Wonderful Stars of Orion's Belt and How They Turned Me On To Star Gazing" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | January 28, 2002 |
| 1261 | #02-06 | "A Giant Red Star for Valentine's Day and How to Find It" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | February 4, 2002 |
| 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 Horkheimer | February 11, 2002 |
| 1263 | #02-08 | "The Two Incredibly Close Full Moons Of 2002 And the Farthest" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | February 18, 2002 |
| 1264 | #02-09 | "Saturn at Its Best Since The 70's" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | February 25, 2002 |
| 1265 | #02-10 | "Venus Returns for St. Patrick's Day and Getting Ready for the Great Planetary Lineup" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | March 4, 2002 |
| 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 Horkheimer | March 11, 2002 |
| 1267 | #02-12 | "The Second Biggest Full Moon of 2002 Glides Across the Sky with the Brightest Star Of Virgo" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | March 18, 2002 |
| 1268 | #02-13 | "Two Sure Signs Of Spring: Low Lyin' Orion and A High Flyin' Lion" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | March 25, 2002 |
| 1269 | #02-14 | "How to Look Back In Time Using the Most Famous Star Pattern of Them All" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | April 1, 2002 |
| 1270 | #02-15 | "The Great Planetary lineup Begins and You Can Watch It All With Just The Naked Eye" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | April 8, 2002 |
| 1271 | #02-16 | "Celebrate National Astronomy Day This Weekend With The Best Planetary Lineup In Decades" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | April 15, 2002 |
| 1272 | #02-17 | "The Incredible Planetary Pin Ball Game During the Great Planetary Lineup" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | April 22, 2002 |
| 1273 | #02-18 | "Planets in A Super Huddle the Great Planetary Gathering Continues And Becomes Even More Spectacular" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | April 29, 2002 |
| 1274 | #02-19 | "May 14 Is Super Venus/Moon Day! And The Great Planet Gathering And Dance Continues" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | May 6, 2002 |
| 1275 | #02-20 | "Awesome Arcturus: Star of A Million Years" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | May 13, 2002 |
| 1276 | #02-21 | "The Two Brightest Planets Meet While the Twin Stars of Gemini Look On" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | May 20, 2002 |
| 1277 | #02-22 | "Venus and Jupiter Versus the Gemini Twins" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | May 27, 2002 |
| 1278 | #02-23 | "Even Though the Great Planetary Lineup is Over, The Super Jupiter/Venus/Moon Sky Show Continues" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | June 3, 2002 |
| 1279 | #02-24 | "Day Star Day: An Annual "Star Gazer" Celebration Of The Summer Solstice And Our Closest Star" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | June 10, 2002 |
| 1280 | #02-25 | "What the Stars Look Like On the First Nights of Summer" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | June 17, 2002 |
| 1281 | #02-26 | "How to See A Super Special Sky Show Right After the Fireworks on The 4th Of July" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | June 24, 2002 |
| 1282 | #02-27 | "Earth At Aphelion; Saturn Meets the Moon: And Venus Meets the Heart of Leo" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | July 1, 2002 |
| 1283 | #02-28 | "The Two Mairzy Doats and Dozey Doats and Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius Stars of the Cosmos" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | July 8, 2002 |
| 1284 | #02-29 | "A Cosmic City of A Million Stars and How to Find It" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | July 15, 2002 |
| 1285 | #02-30 | "The Wonderful Cat's Eyes of Summer Skies" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | July 22, 2002 |
| 1286 | #02-31 | "How to Get Started in Astronomy and The Two Comets That Never Were" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | July 29, 2002 |
| 1287 | #02-32 | "Venus Meets the Moon and The Night of St. Lawrence's Tears" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | August 5, 2002 |
| 1288 | #02-33 | "The Great Mars Approach Begins! As Mars Prepares For Its Closest Meeting with Earth in 60,000 Years!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | August 12, 2002 |
| 1289 | #02-34 | "An Ancient Archer Aims His Arrow at the Heart of the Scorpion and The Heart of the Galaxy" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | August 19, 2002 |
| 1290 | #02-35 | "The Summer Triangle Blazes Overhead For the Labor Day Weekend" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | August 26, 2002 |
| 1291 | #02-36 | "Last Chance to See Venus and the Moon as an Evening Pair and A Wonderful Star Named Spica" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | September 2, 2002 |
| 1292 | #02-37 | "The Annual Return of the False Dawn of Omar Khayyam and How to Find It Next Week" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | September 9, 2002 |
| 1293 | #02-38 | "Weekend Of the Harvest Moon and The Autumnal Equinox" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | September 16, 2002 |
| 1294 | #02-39 | "Venus at Greatest Brilliancy and Two Wonderful Planets" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | September 23, 2002 |
| 1295 | #02-40 | "Mars And Mercury Pair Up And the Rival Of Mars Says Good Bye" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | September 30, 2002 |
| 1296 | #02-41 | "The Early Bird Not Only Gets the Worm, but also 4 Pre-dawn Planets Lined Up In A Row" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | October 7, 2002 |
| 1297 | #02-42 | "This Year's Very Special Hunter's Moon" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | October 14, 2002 |
| 1298 | #02-43 | "The Seven Sisters and Halloween, And the End of the World" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | October 21, 2002 |
| 1299 | #02-44 | "How to Look Back In Time Over Two Million Years" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | October 28, 2002 |
| 1300 | #02-45 | "Get Ready for What May Be the Last Great Leonid Meteor Storm in 100 Years!" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | November 4, 2002 |
| 1301 | #02-46 | "Planets Aplenty for Both Night Owls and Early Birds" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | November 11, 2002 |
| 1302 | #02-47 | "Our Star Gazer Annual "3 Cosmic Birds For Thanksgiving" Show" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | November 18, 2002 |
| 1303 | #02-48 | "Begin Your December with A Super Celestial Triangle" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | November 25, 2002 |
| 1304 | #02-49 | "December's Days Of Earliest Sunsets Venus Reaches Greatest Brilliancy And Orion Announces The Coming Of Winter" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | December 2, 2002 |
| 1305 | #02-50 | "Saturn Comes Into Opposition December 17th And Will Be At Its Biggest And Brightest It Ever Gets" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | December 9, 2002 |
| 1306 | #02-51 | "What Is the Winter Solstice Really All About?" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | December 16, 2002 |
| 1307 | #02-52 | "Celebrate New Year's Eve with the New Year's Eve Star" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | December 23, 2002 |
| 1308 | #02-53 | "2003: The Year Of The Amateur Telescope / A Cosmic Preview" | -- | Jack Horkheimer | December 30, 2002 |
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
External links
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