Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Camelopardalis (Cam)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
C/2022 E3 (ZTF)  Neanderthal Comet, Leonardo Quaggiotto
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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) Neanderthal Comet

C/2022 E3 (ZTF)  Neanderthal Comet, Leonardo Quaggiotto
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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) Neanderthal Comet

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First evening on the terrace of the MarSec observatory in Marana di Crespadoro, of which I am delighted to be a member.

One hour and 28 minutes of exposure, remaining 3 hours in the frost.

Processing was long and difficult, I launched the first integration at 1 am, then got up at 6 am in the morning and worked to 1 pm, because it had to be used in a local TV service and also published in the city newspaper.

I've had a lot of problems with streaks, maybe rain noise (I didn't use autoguiding, so no dithering), or the particular processing procedure on comets, where you have to align the stars and the comet separately and then bring them together.

In the end, however, I got a good result.

Also  gracefully the three galaxies that accompanied her last night in the sky.

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C/2022 E3 (ZTF)  Neanderthal Comet, Leonardo Quaggiotto