

C 2022 E3 ZTF - First Comet!
- Owner: TheTadpole (View all images and albums)
- Uploaded: Feb 13 2023 09:17 PM
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- Album: TheTadpole Astrophotography

First comet I've ever tried. Very tough to process and the full moon and Bortle 9 didn't help! Still happy I got to capture this once in a lifetime event. Clear Skies and thanks for looking!
Imaging telescope / lens
TS Optics Apochromatic 61/274 mm 61EDPH
Imaging camera
ZWO Optical 533 MC Pro (CMOS)
Mount
Equatorial Sky-Watcher EQ6-R Pro
Guiding telescope / lens
ZWO Optical Refractor 30mm/120 mm ZWO 30F4 Miniscope
Guiding camera
ZWO Optical ZWO ASI120 Mini (CMOS)
Filters
Baader Planetarium Light pollution Moon and Skyglow Neodymium 2.00"
Processed with
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program)
DSS (DeepSkyStacker)
StarNet++
NINA
Siril
DeNoise (Topaz Labs) 3.7
Lights (filter Light pollution)120 x 60 sec
Darks25 x 60 sec
Flats35 x 0.5 sec
Dark Flats25 x 0.5 sec
Total lights integration time 2:00 hours
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