C/2022 E3 (ZTF) 2023-Jan-21 Chris Schur

Comet ZTF E3
in the evening sky
1/21/23

Now just visible to the unaided eye in the north east at around 3am, this comet is now moving to a closer encounter with the Earth on February 1st, and in a few days the Earth will pass into the orbital plane of the comet. Thus the comet currently displays 3 tails, the ray like gas tail on the left, the yellow dust tail pointing to lower left, and the anti tail pointing to the right. A parabolic envelope is now formed around the nucleus.

Lens: 10" f/2.9 Orion Astrograph Newtonian
Platform: Astrophysics AP1200
Camera: CMOS OSC cooled
Exposure: 58mins
Location: Payson, Arizona
Elevation: 5150 ft.
Sky: Seeing 3/10, Transparency 7/10
Outside Temperature: 22F
Processing Tools: Maxim DL, Photoshop CS2

http://www.schursastrophotography.com/newcomets/ZTF-E3-012123.html