Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) from my Backyard

The clouds finally gave me a break to shoot this. This is my first real comet capture (I shot NEOWISE a few years ago but it was just a stock DSLR/lens shot).

I have a very quick timelapse at the beginning of this video covering the comet if anyone's interested: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ApH5fxkWBI

You can find more of my videos at: youtube.com/Naztronomy

See this on Astrobin: www.astrobin.com/telzdd/

Equipment used:
* Astro-Tech AT60ED with the 0.8x Reducer/Flattener on Advanced VX Mount
* Mount controlled via Astroberry
* ZWO ASI533MC Pro
* Svbony 60mm guide scope with ZWO ASI120MM-Mini guide cam
* 25x240sec with L-Pro
* 15 darks
* 30 flats for each session
* 35 bias
* I stacked the Comet in AstroPixelProcessor and stacked the stars in Siril to try and just get the stars stacked. I then made a composite in Photoshop.

Due to my exposure settings, I couldn't get rid of the comet in a star stack in APP and I couldn't get rid of the stars in Siril so I ended up combining them.

You can see a higher resolution at www.naztronomy.com/images/portfolio/fullscreen/Comet_c202...

Happy to answer any questions! Thanks for looking!

Taken on: January 27, 2023

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