Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
Comet 2022 E3 ZTF in LRGB, Marcel Noordman
Comet 2022 E3 ZTF in LRGB
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Comet 2022 E3 ZTF in LRGB

Comet 2022 E3 ZTF in LRGB, Marcel Noordman
Comet 2022 E3 ZTF in LRGB
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Comet 2022 E3 ZTF in LRGB

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Description (wikipedia)

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.

Personal note
My first serious try on capturing a comet in LRGB with a mono camera.. not easy. 
Comet ran out of my field of view... Short rotating LRGB exposures.
Also not easy to process: e.g. what background star field do you choose?
Anyway, the colours came out nice.

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Comet 2022 E3 ZTF in LRGB, Marcel Noordman