Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet 2022/E3 (ZTF), Deepak Sureshkumar

Comet 2022/E3 (ZTF)

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Comet 2022/E3 (ZTF), Deepak Sureshkumar

Comet 2022/E3 (ZTF)

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I am (and my PC) completely exhausted with this comet processing. I could say this was the toughest one among all of my image processes so far I did. Ultimately, it's good and new learning.

1) Started with WBPP
2) SXT to remove stars from every single registered sub. My PC ran for 18-20 hours to complete all 60 frames. I tried other ways, but unfortunately, nothing helped.
3) Comet alignment with the starless subs.
4) Image Integration - Tried different algorithms and parameters to get a better comet master.
5) Applied NXT and the patchwork to clear some wired leftover
6) Normal stacking to get the star master
7) Applied NXT and BXT on star master
8) Curves transformation with Comet master
9) Star color corrections
10) Merged comet and star image
11) LightRoom correction on the final image

I'm happy with my results and witnessed & recorded the once in the 50000-year event. I hope you will also enjoy this edit. Thanks for all your support.

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Comet 2022/E3 (ZTF), Deepak Sureshkumar