Sunday, February 26, 2023

The last of C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

 


This was my last attempt at Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) before it leaves us for 50,000 years, if it returns at all.  Latest estimates of its orbit have astronomers thinking it may not return at all.  Good while it lasted!

Photo Details
February 12, 2023
Orion 8" Astrograph on Celestron AVX Mount
SBIG STF-8300C Camera
Skyglow filter
55 subframes at 1 minutes/frame
Total Exposure Time = 55 minutes
Image Acquisition in CCDOps
Image Stacking in Deep Sky Tracker
Image Processing in PhotoShop


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