Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Taurus (Tau)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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The Green Comet Meets Red Mars and Red Aldebaran - February 10, 2023, JDJ
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The Green Comet Meets Red Mars and Red Aldebaran - February 10, 2023

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The Green Comet Meets Red Mars and Red Aldebaran - February 10, 2023, JDJ
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The Green Comet Meets Red Mars and Red Aldebaran - February 10, 2023

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Imaged Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) on the evening of February 10, 2023 as it passed close to planet Mars, the star Aldebaran, and the Hyades open star cluster.  The green comet meeting red Mars and red Aldebaran made for a colorful field of view.  Lots of passing high clouds and a corresponding large number of discarded subs...

Imaged with 85mm/F1.4 Rokinon at F/2.8, IDAS HEUIB Clip Filter, and full spectrum modified Nikon D5300.  Total integration time was ~4 minutes using 7 subs at ISO200 x 30 sec.

Processed in Pixinsight using the Weighted Batch Pre-Processing (WBPP) script all the way through local normalization and integration.

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