C/2022 E3 (ZTF) 2022-Dec-19 Dan Bartlett

Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF). Hastily process this one, so my apologies for the stubborn (and strange) artifacts.

Observational details:
Backyard setup
scope: C11 RASA D = 279mm; fl =618mm; F# 2.2
camera: asi 2600mcP
exposure: 168 x30 sec
Seeing: 5/5!!!
Transparency: 7/10
Observer: DEBartlett
Location: June Lake, California, USA

Comet Centered Image is at full scale:
WCS transformation ....... Linear
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [2034.097394 2864.960887] px -> [RA: 15 52 27.089 Dec: +27 57 38.87]
Resolution ............... 1.255 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. 2.822 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2022-12-19 13:34:45 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2022-12-19 13:35:15 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 30 N 2357 m
Focal distance ........... 617.98 mm
Pixel size ............... 3.76 um
Field of view ............ 1d 25' 5.3" x 1d 59' 51.1"
Image center ............. RA: 15 52 27.098 Dec: +27 57 38.81
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 15 55 54.659 Dec: +28 55 13.43
top-right ............. RA: 15 49 26.187 Dec: +28 59 27.42
bottom-left ........... RA: 15 55 24.582 Dec: +26 55 35.70
bottom-right .......... RA: 15 49 03.205 Dec: +26 59 45.08

Both Fully Processed images (inc inverted):
WCS transformation ....... Linear
Projection ............... Gnomonic
Projection origin ........ [1017.018534 1432.490705] px -> [RA: 15 52 27.148 Dec: +27 57 39.41]
Resolution ............... 2.510 arcsec/px
Rotation ................. 2.822 deg
Reference system ......... ICRS
Observation start time ... 2022-12-19 13:34:45 UTC
Observation end time ..... 2022-12-19 13:35:15 UTC
Geodetic coordinates ..... 119 04 46 W 37 46 30 N 2357 m
Focal distance ........... 617.98 mm
Pixel size ............... 7.52 um
Field of view ............ 1d 25' 5.3" x 1d 59' 51.0"
Image center ............. RA: 15 52 27.152 Dec: +27 57 39.38
Image bounds:
top-left .............. RA: 15 55 54.716 Dec: +28 55 14.04
top-right ............. RA: 15 49 26.246 Dec: +28 59 27.99
bottom-left ........... RA: 15 55 24.630 Dec: +26 55 36.27
bottom-right .......... RA: 15 49 03.257 Dec: +26 59 45.61
Full resolution of these can be found here https://astrob.in/57vepp/B/

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