(Picture credit score: John Chumack/GalacticImages.com)
The Comet C/2022 E3 (ZFT) may placed on an incredible present for skywatchers January and February 2023, when it may turn out to be seen to the unaided eye within the evening sky.
Found in March 2022 by the Zwicky Transient Facility, the comet is making its first shut go by Earth in 50,000 years and has not been seen for the reason that time of the Neanderthals. Since its discovery, stargazers and astrophotographers have captured wonderful photos of the attractive inexperienced comet. Check out their photos right here.
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John Chumack of GalacticImages.com caught the picture above from Yellow Springs, Ohio. Chumack writes that the comet “was estimated to be shining round 11.00 magnitude, you possibly can positively see its tail and the two.5 arc-min Inexperienced Coma.”
The photographer additionally added that “There are a number of faint (sixteenth to seventeenth magnitude) PGC [Principal Galaxies Catalogue] galaxies seen on this picture because the comet was shifting via Ursa Main.”
Should you’re hoping to watch C/2022 E3 (ZTF), our guides for the best telescopes and best binoculars are an amazing place to start out. Should you’re seeking to snap pictures of the evening sky, take a look at our information on how to photograph the moon, as effectively our best cameras for astrophotography and best lenses for astrophotography.
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