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Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF on Jan 26, Craig Shine

Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF on Jan 26

Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF on Jan 26, Craig Shine

Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF on Jan 26

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I've been out of AP for a while but this comet lured me back. Definitely made a few mistakes during the capture as I was pretty rusty on the whole process. I struggled with comet stacking in DeepSkyStacker and didn't get a good result. Then I learned from this forum that Astro Pixel Processor now has a Comet registration mode. It worked pretty well, identifying the comet in 90% of the subs. APP seems to only support this star trail type of integration in that mode so I ended up with this "action shot". There is a hint of antitail which was my stretch goal on this attempt. Equipment: Skywatcher Esprit 100, EQ6R mount, Canon 6D @ ISO 3200 (brought out of retirement as I didn't want to complicate things with mono & filters). 200x30s subs unguided. No filters. Taken from rural Texas.

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Comet C/2022 E3 ZTF on Jan 26, Craig Shine