Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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C/2022 E3 (Leaving the solar system), Michael J. Mangieri
C/2022 E3 (Leaving the solar system)
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C/2022 E3 (Leaving the solar system)

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C/2022 E3 (Leaving the solar system), Michael J. Mangieri
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C/2022 E3 (Leaving the solar system)

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The weather in Maryland just didn't want to cooperate for my last attempt at capturing C/2022 E3.  With just a few hours of mostly clear skies on February 8th (between a cold front to the east and a massive cloud deck to the west)  I got some reasonable good subs to process, although there was a very thin layer of high clouds present.  But, you get what you get and you have to take the opportunities when they arise, so here is my latest (and possibly last) image of C/2022 E3 as it starts it's long voyage out of the solar system and back to the Oort cloud.

Comet was processed into a starless image and RGB stars (10x30sec each) were added.

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C/2022 E3 (Leaving the solar system), Michael J. Mangieri