Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Corona Borealis (CrB)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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C2022 E3(ZTF) 11/1/2023, *philippe Gilberton
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C2022 E3(ZTF) 11/1/2023

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C2022 E3(ZTF) 11/1/2023, *philippe Gilberton
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C2022 E3(ZTF) 11/1/2023

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Description

A short capture of C2022 E3 early in the morning with Canon6D and lens Canon 70-200mm f2.8. A separated processing was performed with stars and comet. I used Starnet2 for star extraction, DSS for comet stacking and PI for stars stacking. I mixed both with Photoshop. The focal lens is setup to 200mm@ f2.8 and f4.
It can be noticed the very faint long tail of the comet.

The greenish color is likely due to presence of diatomic carbon, around the comet's head. The C2 molecule, when excited by the solar ultraviolet radiation, emits mostly in infrared but its triplet state radiates at 518 nm. It is produced by photolysis of organic materials evaporated from the nucleus. It then undergoes photodissociation, with lifetime of about two days, therefore the green glow appears in the comet's head but not the tail(source wikipedia). More details here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2022_E3_(ZTF).

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  • C2022 E3(ZTF) 11/1/2023, *philippe Gilberton
    Original
  • C2022 E3(ZTF) 11/1/2023, *philippe Gilberton
    C
  • Final
    C2022 E3(ZTF) 11/1/2023, *philippe Gilberton
    D
  • C2022 E3(ZTF) 11/1/2023, *philippe Gilberton
    E

D

Description: better color balance

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E

Description: wide view revision

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