Observation by Alex Pratt: C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - 2023 Jan 31

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Alex Pratt

Observer

Alex Pratt

Observed

2023 Jan 31 - 19:12

Uploaded

2023 Jan 31 - 22:55

Objects

C/2022 E3

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Constellation

Camelopardalis

Field centre

RA: 07^h23^m
Dec: +76°17'
Position angle: -3°52'

Field size

0°17' × 0°12'

Equipment

C11 f/10 and f/3.3 focal reducer
QHY174M-GPS camera

Exposure

20 x 4 s

Location

Leeds, West Yorkshire (Bortle 7)

Target name

C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - 2023 Jan 31

Title

C/2022 E3 (ZTF) - 2023 Jan 31

About this image

Even though the bright Moon was riding high and the strong wind was gusting to 40+ mph, this was an opportunity to record the comet in the early evening, currently nicely located near Polaris.

Bands of cloud raced across the sky then when it cleared I got a number of 4 s FITS images. The wind was blowing loose papers around in my observatory and rattling the door, but DeepSkyStacker did a good job to produce this composite from 20 exposures. This field is about 17' across in RA.

Files associated with this observation

2022E3_20230131_1912_ARP.png (703.0 kB)

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