Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)  passing NGC 1647 open cluster in Taurus, maxchess
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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) passing NGC 1647 open cluster in Taurus

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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)  passing NGC 1647 open cluster in Taurus, maxchess
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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) passing NGC 1647 open cluster in Taurus

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Late getting this Comet , but managed to get an image as it passed NGC 1647 is an open cluster in the constellation Taurus.
Quite a struggle getting rid of the Stars using Pix: Comet Alignment and Image integration.  My images were only 30 secs had difficulty eliminating  stars.  Ended up using Windsor Clipping with High Pixel rejection set to zero.  Tried Star eXterminator on all comet images before integrating but that didn't help much. Tried also only taking alternate images to give 30 sec gap.
Be interested in learning of better technique for next comet. I felt I left a lot of comet detail behind.

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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)  passing NGC 1647 open cluster in Taurus, maxchess