Comet 2020V2 ZTF on Jan 1, 2023


Date & Time: Jan 1 2023, from 26:26 to 26:56 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 EM-200 Equatorial
CMOS Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC Pro (Cooled temp.: -15°C)
Location: Hitachi-oota city, Ibaraki pref.

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


At the beginning of 2023, comet 2020V2 ZTF was located at 81 degrees declination in northern Cepheus, and was moving away from the celestial north pole. The brightness of the coma was 10th magnitude, which is almost the same as the previous image. The greenish ionized composition is spreading around the coma.
This image has cropped with an equivalent focal length of 1000mm.
  View angle: 1.35×0.90°


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