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C/2022 E3 ZTF & C/2022 U2 ATLAS


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I didn't want to miss out on a 'souvenir' shot of the current comet that's everywhere in the media, C/2022 E3 ZTF, so got about 3 hours of data on the 6th February.

On processing the image I found a slight green smudge beneath C/2022 E3 which looked like another smaller comet. Checking online I found that C/2022 U2 ATLAS was indeed at this point...I believe it was around magnitude 16.

Below is a combination of the two comet images, each one processed individually with CometAlignment on each of the two comets. The processing leaves much to be desired, but it's nice to have managed a record of the encounter...and getting the second comet is obviously a bonus! I have slightly boosted the second comet's brightness - the initial 'smudge' I comet-aligned on was dim, but definitely there.

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