Observation by Nick James: C/2022 E3 fading

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Nick James

Observer

Nick James

Observed

2023 Feb 08 - 18:57

Uploaded

2023 Feb 09 - 07:53

Objects

C/2022 E3

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Constellation

Auriga

Field centre

RA: 04^h54^m
Dec: +33°46'
Position angle: +1°27'

Field size

3°09' × 2°15'

Equipment

72mm, f/4.8 refr. + ASI294MC

Exposure

21x120s

Location

Chelmsford, UK

Target name

C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

Title

C/2022 E3 fading

About this image

This comet has now faded back below 6th magnitude but it still has a nice dust tail and the ion tail is faintly visible on a pushed luminance image. The bright star is 3 Aur.

Files associated with this observation

2022e3_20230208_185758_ndj.jpg (4.3 MB)

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Comments

Duncan Hale-Sutton, 2023 Feb 14 - 21:50 UTC

Hi Nick, do you mean that the bright star is iota Aur rather than 3 Aur?

Duncan.

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