Chilean Skyscape . ... Credit Copyright: Yuri Beletsky ( ESO ) Explanation: Night skies over Chilean mountain top observatories can be dark and clear, with glorious cosmic vistas . In this recent example, the plane of our Milky Way galaxy stretches parallel to the horizon , the galactic center's star clusters, dark dust clouds, and glowing nebulae hovering in the west. ... A close pairing through this weekend, by Monday, December 1 , they will be joined by the young crescent Moon . ...