Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF

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"C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is a long-period comet from the Oort cloud that was discovered by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) on 2 March 2022.^[1] The comet has a bright green glow around its nucleus, due to the effect of sunlight on diatomic carbon and cyanogen.^[6][5] The comet's systematic designation starts with C to indicate that it is not a periodic comet, and "2022 E3" means that it was the third comet to be discovered in the first half of March 2022.

The comet nucleus was estimated to be about a kilometer in size, rotating every 8.7 hours. Its tails of dust and gas extended for millions of kilometers and, during January 2023, a third anti-tail was visible.

The comet reached its perihelion on 12 January 2023, at a distance of 1.11 AU (166 million km; 103 million mi), and the closest approach to Earth was on 1 February 2023, at a distance of 0.28 AU (42 million km; 26 million mi). The comet reached magnitude 5 and was visible with the naked eye under moonless dark skies. "

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Date : January 31, 2023
Location : IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain

Equipment used :  Telescope Live Network
 Lens or telescope -- Takahashi FSQ-106ED
 Mount -- Paramount MX+
 Camera -- QHY 600M  CMOS

Acquistion Software :
Processing Software : PixInsight, Photoshop

Exposure Detail : 79 30sec frames LRGB