Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Pegasus (Peg)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
Green Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), Silvio Conte
Green Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
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Green Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

Green Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), Silvio Conte
Green Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
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Green Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

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First time capturing a comet and I am very glad it won’t be back for another 50,000 years since it has given me plenty of headaches in post processing :-)

Anyway, C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is a long-period comet from the Oort cloud that was discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) on 2 March 2022. The comet has a bright green glow around its nucleus, due to the effect of sunlight on diatomic carbon and cyanogen. The comet's systematic designation starts with C to indicate that it is not a periodic comet, and "2022 E3" means that it was the third comet to be discovered in the first half of March 2022.

The comet nucleus was estimated to be about a kilometer in size, rotating every 8.7 hours. Its tails of dust and gas extended for millions of kilometers and, during January 2023, a third anti-tail was visible.

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Green Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), Silvio Conte