Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Auriga (Aur)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
Two comets meet - close encounter of C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and C/2022 U2 (ATLAS), Tomas_Astro
Two comets meet - close encounter of C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and C/2022 U2 (ATLAS)
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Two comets meet - close encounter of C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and C/2022 U2 (ATLAS)

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)
Two comets meet - close encounter of C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and C/2022 U2 (ATLAS), Tomas_Astro
Two comets meet - close encounter of C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and C/2022 U2 (ATLAS)
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Two comets meet - close encounter of C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and C/2022 U2 (ATLAS)

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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On February 6th two comets came to a close conjunction - with little over 19 arcminutes of separation. C/2022 E3 was significantly brighter than its companion. I was able to capture a hint of the ion tail of C/2022 E3, however due to the low SNR of the image I decided not to pull it out.

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Two comets meet - close encounter of C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and C/2022 U2 (ATLAS), Tomas_Astro