> BTW, I don't think the camera is rotating. Something, maybe an antenna shows in the photo against the star background. The ISS must be rotating in the same period of the orbit, so it always shows the same face to Earth's surface.
The camera would not be rotating with respect to the ISS. But the ISS, as you said, rotates with the same period as its orbit. The camera, being fixed to the ISS, therefore rotates with this same period in the same plane.
So, yes, the camera is rotating; hence, the star circles.
The camera would not be rotating with respect to the ISS. But the ISS, as you said, rotates with the same period as its orbit. The camera, being fixed to the ISS, therefore rotates with this same period in the same plane.
So, yes, the camera is rotating; hence, the star circles.