One of the most popular objects for viewing was the moon. A beautiful crescent about two days before first quarter gave viewers a fine opportunity to see craters, mountains and mare on the surface. In addition to the moon, plenty of nebulae including globular, open clusters, galaxies and double stars were available to see. Unfortunately, there are no planets to see unless you wait until near dawn. The skies were beautiful.
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Scientists released an image of the probable site of planet formation around a star known as HR 4796, about 220 light-years from Earth in the constellation Centaurus. The image, taken with a sensitive infrared camera developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, shows a swirling disc of dust around the star. Within the disc is a telltale empty region that may have been swept clean when material was pulled into newly formed planetary bodies, the scientists said. Comets may be forming right now in the disc's outer portion from remaining debris. Keck II telescope atop Mauna Kea, Hawaii.