Comet E3(ZTF) 18 Feb 2023
Comet E3(ZTF) against the stars of Taurus, 18 Feb 2023. Here I have used a full set of PixInsight processing tools to integrate 1 hour of comet data. The faint tail is perceptible here but it has been elusive for the imaging I've done from my location in the light polluted suburbs of NYC. I could not see the comet with the naked eye or binoculars, but it was bright enough to image using astrophotography techniques.
Borg 55FL/ZWOASI1600MC/ IDAS LPS-V4 filter. 22 X 3 minute stacks of 4 second exposures, captured in SharpCap. From my yard in Yonkers, NY SQM-L reading 18.1 (Bortle 8).
Comet E3(ZTF) 18 Feb 2023
Comet E3(ZTF) against the stars of Taurus, 18 Feb 2023. Here I have used a full set of PixInsight processing tools to integrate 1 hour of comet data. The faint tail is perceptible here but it has been elusive for the imaging I've done from my location in the light polluted suburbs of NYC. I could not see the comet with the naked eye or binoculars, but it was bright enough to image using astrophotography techniques.
Borg 55FL/ZWOASI1600MC/ IDAS LPS-V4 filter. 22 X 3 minute stacks of 4 second exposures, captured in SharpCap. From my yard in Yonkers, NY SQM-L reading 18.1 (Bortle 8).