C/2020 V2 (ZTF) 2023-Jul-15 Dan Bartlett

This morning, July 15, 2023. Given only 38 minutes of suitable imaging time, comet C/2020 (ZTF) still appeared as an interesting 10.1 magnitude object just clearing my eastern horizon (Eastern Sierra Mt. range).

With only 38 x 60seconds stacked salvageable subs I've decided to play a "no-no" and overstretch the final image. Very surprising to see the amount IFN in the area as well as a faint bluish plasma tail trickling off the nucleus.

Don't throw things at this photographer, he is in shock over the unnecessariness of stretching the final image to such a large extent.

Dan

Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C14 D = 356mm; fl =729mm; F# 2
camera: asi 2600mcP
exposure: 38 x120 sec
Seeing: 4/5
Transparency: 9/10
Observer: DEBartlett
Location: June Lake, California, USA

Image Info (all):
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [653.634497 985.337449] px -> [RA: 3 12 01.949 Dec: +11 19 50.15]
Resolution ............... 2.129 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. -3.930 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2023-07-15 10:52:24 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2023-07-15 10:53:24 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 30 N 2357 m
Focal distance ........... 728.92 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 46' 20.2" x 1d 9' 58.0"
Image center ............. RA: 3 12 01.978 Dec: +11 19 50.08 ex: -0.000096 px ey: -0.001194 px
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 3 13 26.468 Dec: +11 56 11.70 ex: -0.000012 px ey: -0.000528 px
top-right ............. RA: 3 10 17.730 Dec: +11 53 03.32 ex: +0.000888 px ey: -0.002193 px
bottom-left ........... RA: 3 13 46.038 Dec: +10 46 28.76 ex: -0.000071 px ey: +0.000049 px
bottom-right .......... RA: 3 10 37.783 Dec: +10 43 18.62 ex: +0.000055 px ey: +0.001485 px