The evening skies in the New Year will be filled with planets. Every visible planet, but Mercury, are appearing in our night sky.

If you are looking for a Christmas star, you will not be disappointed.

Winter arrives on Wednesday at 4:48 p.m. There is not a day in the year here with less sunlight.

The year's best meteor shower takes place Tuesday night. The Geminid meteor shower is the most productive.

On Wednesday night the brilliant full moon appears right next to the bright planet Mars. The two are so close you may have trouble seeing Mars.

The ringed-planet Saturn appears low in the southwestern sky after sunset.