Comet 2022 E3 ZTF
Well, I didn’t expect to be posting this image here.
With all the furore and hubbub surrounding the “Green Comet” in the media I joined pretty much every astronomer in the world in trying to see it.
The media never really made it clear that the comet was faint and hard to see, so I expect there were some very disappointed would-be viewers.
To be totally honest - I didn’t see it either, and I was using a telescope. I did, however, set up the camera and fire off a sequence of images where I thought the comet would be. I got very lucky, as the comet was right on the edge of my field of view. Any further to the left and I would have missed it.
The image below is a mere 7.5 minutes of data. Not very much at all, but enough to capture the green glow and the faint glow of the dust tail.