Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Draco (Dra)  ·  Contains:  Solar system body or event
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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - between the clouds - first comet shot, Morsing
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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - between the clouds - first comet shot

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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - between the clouds - first comet shot, Morsing
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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - between the clouds - first comet shot

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This is my first attempt at photographing a comet, or any transient event for that matter!

This thing is moving fast! At around 0.16" per second, with my pixel scale, the comet is moving around 8 pixels per 1 min frame! 

I only got 33 useful frames before unexpected clouds rolled in. Sigh. It turned out better than expected for such a short integration. 

I star aligned the frames (WBPP) and then used the new comet align in pixinsight. Then I batch removed the stars from the 33 comet aligned frames with StarXTerminator and stacked the comet-only frames. I extracted the stars from the star alligned stack and screened the comet and stars together. All still in linear, unprocessed state. Then I postprocessed as normal.

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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - between the clouds - first comet shot, Morsing