Observation by Mark Fairfax: Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

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Mark Fairfax

Observer

Mark Fairfax

Observed

2022 Aug 27 - 23:28

Uploaded

2022 Aug 29 - 16:22

Objects

C/2022 E3

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Constellation

Hercules

Field centre

RA: 16^h32^m
Dec: +33°15'
Position angle: +43°37'

Field size

0°35' × 0°26'

Equipment

Unistellar eVscope 1

Exposure

4 mins

Location

Nottinghamshire UK

Target name

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) in Hercules

Title

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

About this image

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was only discovered in March and is scheduled to reach perihelion in January 2023.
The comet is expected to get brighter than magnitude 6 and thus become visible with the naked eye.
Currently magnitude +12.9 and some 325 million km distant (distance at perihelion 166 million km and closest approach to Earth 43 million km).
Inverted image seems to show more detail but poor seeing on the night due to high humidity.

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