C/2022 E3 (ZTF) 2023-Jan-27 Chris Schur

Comet ZTF-E3 in Ursa Minor
in the Morning sky
1/27/23

Now this comet is barely a naked eye object high in the north east, revealing a bit of tail and a cotton ball in the binoculars. Just past orbital plane crossing, the comet is very near (a few days) from closest approach to Earth. Here the comet exhibits a brilliant stellar nucleus, parabolic shaped coma, a fine anti tail dust fan, and finally a bluish ray type gas tail to the left. This is a 2 part panorama spaning about 4 degrees with the 10 inch at f/2.9

Lens: 10" f/3.9 Orion Astrograph Newtonian + Nexus 0.75x CC = f/2.9
Platform: Astrophysics AP1200
Camera: CMOS OSC cooled
Exposure: 2h
Location: Payson, Arizona
Elevation: 5150 ft.
Sky: Seeing 7/10, Transparency 6/10
Outside Temperature: 21F
Processing Tools: Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2

http://www.schursastrophotography.com/newcomets/CometZTF-E3-012723.html