Comet 2020V2 ZTF on Feb 25, 2023


Date & Time: Feb 25 2023, from 19:22 to 19:55 JST(+0900)
Composed 8 shots with 4 minutes exposed
Optical: Meade 25cm(10") Schmidt-Cassegrain with conversion lens (f=1600mm, F6.3)
with IDAS LPS-P1 Light-pollution suppression filter
Auto-guided with Meade LX200 Equatorial & Lacerta M-GEN
Digital Camera: Nikon D810A
Location: Ooizumi, Hokuto city, Yamanashi pref.

Camera Settings: Recording Format...14bit CCD-RAW, converted to 16bit TIFF(4080×4080)
Device Size...20×20mm
Sensitivity...ISO4000, White Balance...Daylight


On this day, comet 2020V2 ZTF was located in the northwest evening sky, a little less than 4 degrees west of γ Andromedae; a 10th magnitude coma and a short dust tail extending northward were observed. There is almost no change from last month's photograph, and greenish ion components spread slightly around the coma.
  View angle: 0.7×0.7°


2022E3 ZTF on early morning of Dec 25, 2022
2020V2 ZTF on Jan 20, 2023

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