Green Comet C/2022 E3(ZTF), Yuvnish Bhardwaj

Green Comet C/2022 E3(ZTF)

Green Comet C/2022 E3(ZTF), Yuvnish Bhardwaj

Green Comet C/2022 E3(ZTF)

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whizzing past the earth for the first time since the ice age 50,000 years ago !
Image shot on Jan 31 shows close up of the core and its green glow which is caused by molecule called diatomic carbon, C2.
WHY IT GLOWS GREEN??
A comet's body made of ice and dust. As that atmosphere is bombarded with radiation from the sun, the carbon-based molecules in the cloud are torn apart to create C2, a simple but very unstable molecule, which is easily excited and then to return to its neutral stat, it lets off the photon to release some of the energy from the light, a process called fluorescence causing the green glow!!
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Camera: ASI 585MC
Meade 80 mm triplet fl 480mm
50 by 1 minute tracked shots integrated and processed on Pixisight.

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Green Comet C/2022 E3(ZTF), Yuvnish Bhardwaj