HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS WEEK'S SKY

* Saturn passes in front of the Crab Nebula for Northern Hemisphere
observers on January 4-5.
* Venus is a brilliant-white "Morning Star" in the southeast before and
during dawn.
* First-quarter Moon on January 10th.

For details, see This Week's Sky at a Glance and Planet Roundup:

> http://SkyandTelescope.com/observing/ataglance/