The Green Comet meets the Red Wanderer
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My last chance to see the green comet before it flies away on its 50,000-year orbit was last night. Fortunately, a break in the clouds gave me the chance to capture it in the same field of view as Mars. Here are C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and Mars.
Image details
| Telescope: | Svbony sv503 70ED | |
| Length: | 336mm | |
| Aperture: | 70mm | |
| F-stop: | f/4.56 | |
| Sessions: | 1 | |
| Captured: | 2023-02-11 to 2023-02-11 | |
| Lights: | 111 | |
| Exposure: | 45 | |
| Total exposure: | 1 h | |
| Ra: | 4h 45m 37.5s | |
| Dec: | +23° 54' 21.621 | |
| Size: | 179.05 x 114.409 arcmin | |
| Radius: | 1.771 deg | |
| Scale: | 1.716 arcsec/pixel |
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