Outbound #Comet #ZTF
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https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230324.html

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The #comet C/2023 E3 (#ZTF) is down to about 10 mag. - but minutes ago I could catch it once more with a Panasonic #Lumix DMC-FZ300 bridge camera sitting on a tripod with maximum zoom: this is the best of many images, 3.2 seconds at f/2.8. The bright star on the left is Mu Eridani.

The #comet C/2023 E3 (#ZTF) is down to about 10 mag. - but minutes ago I could catch it once more with a Panasonic #Lumix DMC-FZ300 bridge camera sitting on a tripod with maximum zoom: this is the best of many images, 3.2 seconds at f/2.8.

This evening #comet C/2023 E3 (#ZTF) was even harder to detect with my super-simple equipment than yesterday ... but it is again, marked in the best single frame - 1.3 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 6400 with maximum zoom - I got out of the Moon- and city-brightened sky. Could well be the last image for me ...

Yay, got #comet C/2023 E3 (#ZTF), now down to 8-9 mag., one more time with the DMC-FZ300 on a tripod, at maximum zoom and ISO 6400 and even 3200 - short exposures were necessary due to its low decination = high angular speed in the sky. And the moonlight also didn't help but still: here - following some robust gamma increases - it clearly is! So long, on your way out of the solar system.

A little late to the “Green Comet” party as I've been learning how to capture and process comets for the first time, and it's been a fun effort. Check out my capture of C/2022 E3 (ZTF) including 15 minutes of integration time for each of RGB channels. The image was captured on February 11th, and more detail can be found here: https://wp.me/p2dYHY-1FW.
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The 'performance' of comet C/2023 E3 (#ZTF) discussed in detail in http://fg-kometen.vdsastro.de/koj_2022/c2022e3/22e3eaus.htm - the peak magnitude near perigee near 4.9 *was* what was widely predicted in the days after its discovery, by the way.

The 'performance' of comet C/2023 E3 (#ZTF) discussed in detail in http://fg-kometen.vdsastro.de/koj_2022/c2022e3/22e3eaus.htm - the peak magnitude near perigee near 4.9 *was* what was widely predicted in the days after its discovery, by the way.

#CometC2022E3 #ZTF as seen by #Japan's #cubesat #EQUULEUS.

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#Comet #ZTF over #YosemiteFalls
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https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230221.html

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The Japanese #EQUULEUS spacecraft - launched with #ArtemisI - has successfully photographed comet C/2022 E3 (#ZTF) from space! EQUULEUS is sailing toward the Lunar Lagrange point, and these series of images were taken by calculating the timing and direction from the relative orbits of the comet and EQUULEUS: https://twitter.com/EQUULEUS_en/status/1627864630419931137

The Japanese #EQUULEUS spacecraft - launched with #ArtemisI - has successfully photographed comet C/2022 E3 (#ZTF) from space! EQUULEUS is sailing toward the Lunar Lagrange point, and these series of images were taken by calculating the timing and direction from the relative orbits of the comet and EQUULEUS: https://twitter.com/EQUULEUS_en/status/1627864630419931137

Rotation period and Morphological Structures in the inner coma of comet C/2022 E3 (#ZTF): https://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=15909 - using a filter centered on the emission of CN (388 nm) interesting features turn up, especially after further processing -> https://web.oapd.inaf.it/bedin/files/PAPERs_eMATERIALs/ATel/C2022E3/ATEL_e3_20230202_Engl_B2x2_CN_ls40_1x.gif

Rotation period and Morphological Structures in the inner coma of comet C/2022 E3 (#ZTF): https://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=15909 - using a filter centered on the emission of CN (388 nm) interesting features turn up, especially after further processing -> https://web.oapd.inaf.it/bedin/files/P

Rotation period and Morphological Structures in the inner coma of comet C/2022 E3 (#ZTF): https://www.astronomerstelegram.org/?read=15909 - using a filter centered on the emission of CN (388 nm) interesting features turn up, especially after further processing -> https://web.oapd.inaf.it/bedin/files/PAPERs_eMATERIALs/ATel/C2022E3/ATEL_e3_20230202_Engl_B2x2_CN_ls40_1x.gif

The tails - especially the plasma tail - of #comet #ZTF in motion: https://vimeo.com/793028671 = an impressive collection of #timelapse sequences by one observer, also discussed in https://www.miguelclaro.com/wp/portfolio/one-month-of-ztf-the-green-comet-in-motion-revealed-in-a-4k-time-lapse/ and https://www.facebook.com/christoph.malin/posts/pfbid0ivqrK3BiAGYTB9ndCwchAjrvhmXN9fbS2fWx3547TGck3YQHSUchb4waHB98f9Al

Mijn laatste foto van #komeet C/2023 E# #ZTF, gisteravond gemaakt met een stilstaande camera. De komeet is het wazige groene spoor in het midden. Laatste foto, want de komeet wordt snel lichtzwakker en met een omlooptijd van 50.000 jaar was hij letterlijk een once-in-a-lifetime gebeurtenis. De heldere ster rechtsonder is Aldebaran in sterrenbeeld Stier. Laatste ook, want voorlopig is het 's avonds weer bewolkt.

Another very clear evening in #Bochum, Germany ... and so here is #ZTF again, close to a 9.75 mag. star and near #Aldebaran and the #Hyades: all images with a Panasonic #Lumix DMC-FZ300 at f/2.8 and various zoom settings (35 mm equivalent focal lengths given; images cropped moderately) - some more pictures are also in https://www.facebook.com/dan.fischer.393/posts/pfbid0QviziYzpAr7KTrEenTFVBAjNRocgmVv9Ge6k4D91jdmEgrtFYUK3qbDqg8LdH3akl

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okay okay okay... i did it... i finally imaged comet ZTF 🤷

don't get distracted by this RGB stars - the comet is very very quick moving and if you have a monochrome camera, you have to decide what you want colored. the stars or the comet 🙂

Faded comet #ZTF visiting the open star cluster NGC 1647 and approaching the Hyades cluster on the evening of 13 February 2023: images from Bochum, Germany, with a Panasonic DMC-FZ300 on a tripod, on lhe left at 2 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 6400, max. zoom & cropped a bit, on the right 5 seconds at f/2.8 and ISO 3200. In 11x70 binoculars both the comet - approaching 7.0 mag. now - and NGC 1647 were just at the limit of visibility with averted vision in the given very clear but also (sub)urban sky.