C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and the Taurus Molecular Cloud (Todd Stephens)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Taurus (Tau) · Contains: -0.03 · 103 Tau · 13.60 · 15.20 · 338 Budrosa · 769 Tatjana · 94 Tau · 94 tau Tau · 95 Tau · 98 Tau · 98 k Tau · 99 Tau · B14 · B18 · B19 · B216 · B217 · B218 · B22 · B220 · IC 2087 · LBN 788 · LBN 793 · LBN 800 · LBN 806 · LBN 812 · LBN 813 · LBN 815 · LBN 816 · LDN 1520 · And 23 more.

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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and the Taurus Molecular Cloud

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C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and the Taurus Molecular Cloud

First image since late September! Man those clouds have been brutal...

This is my attempt at comet ZTF as it traversed the Taurus Molecular Cloud and Mars on February 10, 2023. Rokinon 135mm f/2 lens, Canon 600D, and CEM40 mount. I got 136 60-second subs at f/2.4 before the moonlight became too bright. Calibrated with 30 each darks, flats, and dark flats. The processing was a bit of a struggle, but I was finally able to stack both the background and then on the comet in APP. Brought it into PixInsight for final processing.

This is only my second comet image, but C&C welcome and appreciated!

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RA (center)	04h46m14s.55
RA (top/left)	04h30m02s.50
RA (top/right)	05h09m44s.98
RA (bottom/right)	05h03m35s.76
RA (bottom/left)	04h22m02s.30

Dec (center)	+26°00′31″.7
Dec (top/left)	+21°47′50″.0
Dec (top/right)	+24°15′42″.10
Dec (bottom/right)	+30°05′46″.0
Dec (bottom/left)	+27°30′43″.7

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