Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner (IMAGE)

Far Eastern Federal University

Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner

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Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner is moving against the background of static stars. A telescope is following the comet, not the stars. That's why tracks of the stars in the picture are stretched images.

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The frame has taken by Ussuriysk Astrophysical Observatory

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