Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Corona Borealis (CrB)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - A comet to follow over the coming weeks, Manuel Peitsch
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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - A comet to follow over the coming weeks

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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - A comet to follow over the coming weeks, Manuel Peitsch
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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - A comet to follow over the coming weeks

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Note: The exposure was 240s per frame.

Looking forward to some clear skies on February 10 to 12, as C/2022 E3 will come close to Mars (about 1 deg). It will however not be observable from Europe at the time of closest approach due to daylight. The comet and Mars will be in the constellation of Taurus, near the molecular cloud Barnard 220, north of tau Taurus.

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Title: Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) taken on January 25, 2023.

Description: Optolong L-eNhance: 118x60s, total integration time: 1h 58′
Used CometAlign in PI to process the data.

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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - A comet to follow over the coming weeks, Manuel Peitsch