Comet 2020V2 ZTF on Dec 3, 2022


Date & Time: Dec 3 2022, from 26:10 to 26:41 JST(+0900)
Composed 6 shots with 6 minutes exposed
Optical: TAKAHASHI 16cm(6.3") epsilon (f=530mm, F3.3)
with IDAS LPS-D1 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with TAKAHASHI JP Equatorial
CMOS Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro (Cooled temp.: -15°C)
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording format...16bit FITS, converted to 16bit TIFF(6248×4176)
Device Size...23.5×15.7mm, Gain...100


Comet 2020V2 ZTF, which I observed for the first time on this day, was located near the celestial north pole, on the western edge of the constellation Draco. I could find the comet around between α UMa (Dubhe) and Polaris with 11th magnitude, a short tail seems to extend in the direction of the southeast. The comet is expected to approach the Polaris by the end of 2022, and to be trackable in good conditions with a brightness up to 10th magnitude until around the fall of 2023.
This image has cropped with an equivalent focal length of 1000mm.
  View angle: 1.35×0.90°


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