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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) Tail Disconnection Event

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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) Tail Disconnection Event

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Back in January of this year (2023) I spent several nights imaging non-periodic comet C/2022 E3 ZTF.  I was fortunate that during my first imaging session (January 21st 10:10 - 11:59 UTC), I was able to capture an ion tail disconnection event. 

Details:  I captured the comet with a RASA-11 V2 telescope and ZWO ASI294 MC Pro camera, riding on an Ioptron CEM120 EC2 mount. I processed 48 individual two minute exposures using Pixinsight, and assembled them into a time lapse video using the OpenShot video editor.

A higher resolution video is available on Youtube at the posted link.

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