Comet ZTF-E3 in Ursa Minor
in the Morning sky
1/27/23

 
 Now
            this comet is barely a naked eye object high in the north east,
            revealing a bit of tail and a cotton ball in the binoculars.
            Just past orbital plane crossing, the comet is very near (a few
            days) from closest approach to Earth. Here the comet exhibits
            a brilliant stellar nucleus, parabolic shaped coma, a fine anti
            tail dust fan, and finally a bluish ray type gas tail to the
            left. This is a 2 part panorama spaning about 4 degrees with
            the 10 inch at f/2.9

            
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Lens:  10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph Newtonian + Nexus 0.75x CC = f/2.9
Platform:  Astrophysics AP1200
Camera:  CMOS OSC cooled
Exposure:  2h 
Location:  Payson, Arizona
Elevation:  5150 ft.
Sky:  Seeing  7/10, Transparency 6/10
Outside Temperature:  21F
Processing Tools:  Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2
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