A photograph taken by the Kuiper Airborne Observatory in 1986, showing Comet Halley as a bright white streak traversing the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. The image depicts the vastness of space, with billions of stars visible in the Milky Way's galactic disk, juxtaposed against the much closer comet.

Astronomy Picture from 03/10/1997

Comet Halley and the Milky Way

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap971003.html


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