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Comet C2022 E3 (ZTF)
Captured 26/01/2023 just before 3am
The bright red star to the far right is RR Ursae Minoris a 4.7 magnitude binary.
-Magnitude is used to measure the brightness of stellar objects, the higher the number, the fainter the object.
-A binary star belongs to a system of two stars that are gravitationally bound together and locked in orbit around each other.
Boring techie bit,
Skywatcher quattro 8" S & f4 aplanatic coma corrector
EQ6 R pro mount guided with an Altair 50mm & Altair GPcam
Canon 450D astro modded with Astronomik CLS CCD EOS APS-C clip filter. Neewer Intervalometer used to control the exposures.
104 exposures of 120 seconds each with the best 50% stacked together with calibration frames. 2 images were produced from the data. One stacking on the comet, one stacking on the stars. Separately processed then combined together.
Software used, PHd2, DeepSkyStacker, StarTools, Affinity Photo.
Comet C2022 E3 (ZTF)
Captured 26/01/2023 just before 3am
The bright red star to the far right is RR Ursae Minoris a 4.7 magnitude binary.
-Magnitude is used to measure the brightness of stellar objects, the higher the number, the fainter the object.
-A binary star belongs to a system of two stars that are gravitationally bound together and locked in orbit around each other.
Boring techie bit,
Skywatcher quattro 8" S & f4 aplanatic coma corrector
EQ6 R pro mount guided with an Altair 50mm & Altair GPcam
Canon 450D astro modded with Astronomik CLS CCD EOS APS-C clip filter. Neewer Intervalometer used to control the exposures.
104 exposures of 120 seconds each with the best 50% stacked together with calibration frames. 2 images were produced from the data. One stacking on the comet, one stacking on the stars. Separately processed then combined together.
Software used, PHd2, DeepSkyStacker, StarTools, Affinity Photo.