The Reason That Some Bright Objects Appearing in Photographs of Distant

question 39

Multiple Choice

The reason that some bright objects appearing in photographs of distant objects in the night sky appear to be blurry is that

• A) they are really other galaxies, collections of billions of stars.
• B) they are really nearby objects that can appear to move relative to distant and dimmer objects much further away
• C) they are exploding supernovae very near to the Earth
• D) they would really look blurry even if you were right next to them

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