Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Hercules (Her)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Early Next Year's Bright Comet?  13th Magnitude C/2022 E3 ZTF Still Far Off, Dan Bartlett
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Early Next Year's Bright Comet? 13th Magnitude C/2022 E3 ZTF Still Far Off

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Early Next Year's Bright Comet?  13th Magnitude C/2022 E3 ZTF Still Far Off, Dan Bartlett
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Early Next Year's Bright Comet? 13th Magnitude C/2022 E3 ZTF Still Far Off

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Sporting a short dusty rich tail and a blue green atmosphere C/2022 E3 ZTF is a small, fairly bright comet passing through the constellation of Pisces.  Projected to become a binocular by January for the Northern Hemisphere, but you never know. 

Observational details:
WCS transformation ....... Linear
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1503.997659 969.000954] px -> [RA: 16 45 08.033  Dec: +34 15 53.71]
Resolution ............... 1.670 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -3.674 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2022-08-21 07:29:14 UTC
Focal distance ........... 619.39 mm
Pixel size ............... 5.01 um
Field of view ............ 1d 23' 42.5" x 53' 55.9"
Image center ............. RA: 16 45 08.032  Dec: +34 15 53.72
Image bounds:
   top-left .............. RA: 16 48 22.993  Dec: +34 45 20.19
   top-right ............. RA: 16 41 36.466  Dec: +34 39 54.56
   bottom-left ........... RA: 16 48 37.579  Dec: +33 51 30.37
   bottom-right .......... RA: 16 41 55.346  Dec: +33 46 08.18

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Early Next Year's Bright Comet?  13th Magnitude C/2022 E3 ZTF Still Far Off, Dan Bartlett