Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Corona Borealis (CrB)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), Pepe Chambó
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)
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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), Pepe Chambó
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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) @ 2022 December 21, 12:36 UT

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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) imaged on December 21, 2022 in a wide field image, the first moonless night this month. Located within the Corona Borealis asterism, the brightest star is Epsilon Coronae Borealis at magnitude 4. The comet has a brightness at magnitude 8 with a 12 arcminutes coma, a short fan-shaped dust tail, and a very long ion tail which extends more than 3 degrees in lenght and goes out of image.

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Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF), Pepe Chambó

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