Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), Arun H
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), Arun H
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

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This is my effort on C/2022 E3 (ZTF). Also first full image taken with my Astro-Physics Mach 2.

I really wasn't planning on imaging this comet at all, but comets come by infrequently, especially this one, and I simply could not justify not imaging it. 

This is a combination of two images - a comet tracked image with the ephemeris loaded into APCC, a pointing model created, and tracked unguided + a guided star image. The Mach 2 did an incredible job of tracking the comet unguided; was truly a treat to watch. The star image was taken two days later by loading the RA and DEC values from a single point in the comet track. Both images are 60s x 25 frames in each of R, G. and B.

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