MSL Curiosity observed with one degree elongation and with 'naked eye brightness' from the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium ...
Comet Curiosity? MSL Looks Like a Comet as it Heads Toward Mars
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This incredible time-lapse video was taken by astronomers at the Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium in Australia. The sequence shows a plume drifting against the background stars, probably caused by venting from the Centaur rocket stage that sent the Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity Rover on its way to the Red Planet, after it carried out a burn over the Indian Ocean on November 26, 2011.
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