The night sky is one of those wonders of life that ought to be for everyone, but for most of us, enjoying a night gazing up at the stars in wonder isn't as easy as it should be. If you're in a city, much of the cosmos will be drowned out by the lights closer to the ground. And if you want to see anything up there in detail, you generally need to invest in costly apparatus and figure out how to use it correctly.
That's why you have to take advantage of opportunities like this when they come up.