A Familiar-Looking Messenger from Another Solar System

U1 spotted whizzing through the Solar System in images taken with the WIYN telescope. The faint streaks are background stars. The green circles highlight the position of U1 in each image. In these images U1 is about 10 million times fainter than the faintest stars visible with the naked eye.

Credit:
R. Kotulla (University of Wisconsin) & WIYN/NOAO/AURA/NSF

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Release date:Nov. 15, 2017
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Duration:07 s
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