Comet C/2022 E3
By Stargazer Ron
As reported in the January 21 issue of Edhat, Chuck McPartlin reported on the appearance of Comet C/2022 E3 in the northern sky during the early morning. As he reported: "Since this comet is really being hyped lately, be aware that it won't be showing the greenish color visually, just in photographs. Even at its brightest, it will only be visible as a small smudge with averted vision from a dark site."
So, with that useful information in hand, I attempted to make a color photograph of it using a backyard telescope with a 5-inch lens. The resulting image did indeed have a green glow as shown in this 15 second exposure made shortly after 5:00am on January 24.
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Jan 25, 2023 02:49 PMNice capture!
The comet is continuing to be brighter than expected, and will probably peak Feb 1-2. Still just a smudge visually.
We are now looking directly along the path of the fan-shaped dust tail, so bits of it are showing on both sides of the coma, making it look like it has a tail and an anti-tail. In addition, it has a long ion tail.
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Jan 26, 2023 07:26 AMvery cool, thanks for sharing
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Jan 26, 2023 10:13 AMGreat photo! I've been looking for it with binoculars but so far no luck. I'm not really sure where to look between the cup of the Big Dipper and Polaris.
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Jan 26, 2023 11:41 AMSky and Telescope <https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/sneak-peek-at-two-promising-ztf-comets/>.
Get the current position of E3 at The Sky Live <https://theskylive.com/c2022e3-info>.
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Jan 27, 2023 06:17 AMThank you @MACPUZL, very helpful graphics; will try again tomorrow.