Quick facts What it is: An astronaut photo of unidentified lights seen from the moon Where it is: Above the horizon on the lunar near side When it was taken: During the Apollo 12 moon landing, Nov. 19-20, 1969 In mid-November 1969, a trio of NASA astronauts launched to the moon on the Apollo 12 mission and would soon become the second group of humans ever to set foot on the lunar surface. Now, more than half a century later, the crew's historic mission is capturing the public's attention again — not because of what the astronauts did, but because of what they saw. On Nov. 19, mission commander Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. and lunar module pilot Alan L. Bean descended to the lunar surface in a landing craft dubbed Intrepid. (The third crewmember, Richard F.…