18min integral RGB exposure of Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) passing near Mars (+0.0m, 0.97 au away) and part of Taurus molecular cloud complex (LDN 1527, 1538, 1538) - captured remotely using Telescope #4 (Nikkor 200mm f/2, FLI Microline 16200) system of ChileScope observatory, also known as VST - captured over 2 imaging session carried out on Feb 10 & 11, 2023. Composite image from two nights showing proper motion for both the comet and Mars over nearly 24h period. The image is cropped from the full FOV of the instrument.
Main belt asteroid 338 Budrosa [1] (+13.7m as per PixInsight annotation tool, 2.32au away) is also captured in here next to the group of open clusters (NGC 1746, 1750, 1758) in the upper right side (part of annotated unprocessed single exposure shown in revision C):
Another Main belt asteroid 1589 Fanatica [2] (+15.1m, 1.75 au away) and Hilda asteroid 1162 Larissa [3] (+15.6m, 3.76 au away) were also in this field of view on both days near 103 Tau (shown here for day 1 - Feb 10, 2023), but weren't identified by the built-in annotation mechanism (Map below is generated with Starry Night 8 Pro):
[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/338_Budrosa[2]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1589_Fanatica[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1162_LarissaReflection nebular IC 2087 is making appearance in the lower left corner in the middle of B22 dark cloud in spite of very low integral exposure time:
Mars and associated scattered light sitting right next to B22 is making quite an impression of its own here rivaling the look of C/2022 E3 (ZTF) comet
The continuation of Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) passage through Taurus is captured under [4] using the same Chilescope T4 instrument:
[4]
https://www.astrobin.com/kpub8i/
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