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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) with antitail, Hoo_Dat
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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) with antitail

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) with antitail, Hoo_Dat
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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) with antitail

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This was my favorite of the 5 nights imaging ZTF.  The visible antitail makes for a nice image.  I believe this was only visible for one night (at least, it was on my images), so I feel lucky to have caught it. 

I liked the coloring better on this target by skipping color calibration in Pixinsight, even though it's probably less true to the actual appearance of the oft cited "green comet".  I also liked this night because of the photobombing galaxy just to the upper right of the comet.

Comet processing is definitely a bit more challenging than more stationary targets, but PI has some great tools that make it relatively painless.

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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) with antitail, Hoo_Dat