Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - Comet at infinity, Rafael Schmall
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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - Comet at infinity

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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - Comet at infinity, Rafael Schmall
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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - Comet at infinity

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Amateur astronomers have been obsessed with the comet for days. In Hungary, the weather was not favorable for observing the comet, but on the last two moonless days at dawn, we managed to photograph this wispy celestial wanderer.

In the image, the comet is the main subject: the elongated band to the left is the ion plume, while the comet's plume leaning to the right is the dust plume. What is really surprising, however, are the two galaxies to the upper left of the ion plume. Their distance is enormous... They are ~430 million light years away!!!

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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - Comet at infinity, Rafael Schmall