For those curious about the first image [0] and it's caption ("Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project captured Comet NEOWISE on July 7, 2020, along with

For those curious about the first image [0] and it's caption ("Gianluca Masi of the Virtual Telescope Project captured Comet NEOWISE on July 7, 2020, along with the International Space Station (dashed line)") The dashed line is not the ISS but a plane. The ISS doesn't blink ;-) [0]: https://earthsky.org/upl/2020/07/Gianluca-Masi-comet-NEOWISE-Rome-Italy-7-7-2020-e1594141387754.jpg https://earthsky.org/upl/2020/07/Gianluca-Masi-comet-NEOWISE...