Comet c/2022 E3 ZTF (9 Feb 23)
Taken by Jan Curtis on February 9, 2023 @
Oracle, Arizona
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Comet ZTF was observed overhead before moonrise under 10/10 Bortle 4 skies but under breezy conditions. I was not able to see it naked eye. I'd estimate ZTF's brightness as +5.7. The ion tail and dust tail appeared a bit brighter than 24 hours earlier. The ion tail was obvious in the starless and fixed comet using 37x90s sub images but was not in the fixed star image of just 4x90s image (left). Still, it is worth a final look especially when it passes close to Mars (2/10 & 2/11).
Tech Specs: Nikon d7100, Nikkor 180mm f/2.8 @ f/2.8, iso 1600, Orion Sirius EQ Mount, PixInsight. Left image is fixed stars (4x90s), the remaining images show fixed comet with stars trailing average from 7:21PM to 8:26PM an hour before moonrise. The comet was still moving at a fast 8.8 arcmin/hour or ~3.5 degrees per day
Photographer's website:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cloud_spirit/albums/72177720304740214
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