Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
C/2022 E3 ZTF on morning of Jan 31 2023, Brian Valente
Powered byPixInsight

C/2022 E3 ZTF on morning of Jan 31 2023

Getting plate-solving status, please wait...
C/2022 E3 ZTF on morning of Jan 31 2023, Brian Valente
Powered byPixInsight

C/2022 E3 ZTF on morning of Jan 31 2023

Equipment

Loading...

Acquisition details

Loading...

Description

It was a rare clear night (although moon was in full effect)

I took my imaging newt that was in parts on the bench, finished flocking the inside, put it together, rough aligned, got it outside, did a quick balancing, polar align, finished collimation, and grabbed 45 minutes on the comet

Skywatcher Quattro 10" imaging new w/ starizona 0.75x reducer  f/3
Losmandy G11 
ASI294mc pro camera

44x60 sec exposures on comet - unguided using the new comet tracking feature of Level 6 firmware
60x60 sec exposures starfield (separate) - guided

processed in PI, finished in PS

Comments

Revisions

  • C/2022 E3 ZTF on morning of Jan 31 2023, Brian Valente
    Original
  • Final
    C/2022 E3 ZTF on morning of Jan 31 2023, Brian Valente
    C

Sky plot

Sky plot

Histogram

C/2022 E3 ZTF on morning of Jan 31 2023, Brian Valente