Northern Sky: December 12

Deane Morrison is a science writer at the University of Minnesota. She authors the Minnesota Starwatch column, and contributes to WTIP bi-weekly on the Monday North Shore Morning program through "Northern Sky," where she shares what's happening with stars, planets and more.

The Pleiades and Hyades star clusters; Procyon leading the way for Sirius; in the morning sky, Jupiter, Mars, Venus and Saturn; and the 'sun standing still' on the Solstice, December 21.