The re-entry
of the Chinese Long, March 5B Rocket into Earth's atmosphere has sparked the excitement around the world in the face of speculation about whether their
return to Earth could cause harm. Finally, part of the missile crashed into the
air, and its remnants landed in the Indian Ocean. Many astronomy fans from all
over the planet were familiar with the missile's passage, which can be seen
across the sky over Rome, as captured by Italian astrophysicist Gianluca Massi
in a photograph.
Masi, who is
managing the Virtual Telescope project for the Bellatrix Astronomical Observatory
in Italy, was able to photograph the trajectory of the missile with a DSLR
camera over Rome.
As he
explained in a statement, "The image comes from a combination of 10 frames
of 8 seconds each, taken in succession."
Additionally,
photography allows you to clearly distinguish Jupiter, which is the brightest object that appears at the top of the image.
The missile's trajectory can be seen on the right side of the photo. “The shine of
the body quickly changed, and I could easily see it blinking with my own eyes,”
confirms the author of the photo.
As Masi
explains, the missile "moved from top right to the bottom" in the direction
of the Indian Ocean, near the Maldives, where their remnants ended up.
The photo of the Chinese Rocket was taken from Rome, where Masi lives. “Unfortunately, in Ceccano - 100 km south - the sky was cloudy and we were neither able to photograph with our telescope nor share the rocket's passage in the air,” the astrophysicist concluded.