[Friends_of_SSASTROS] Getting Super Tuesday off to a Good Start!

[Stephen LaFlamme]

You’re a trooper, Mike!!  Did anyone else set their alarm clock??

I was out there during the wee hours this morning as well. 3:40-5:10am January 24, 2023

Gotta catch this comet at every opportunity, as it seems to be changing daily now.

Here’s what I came up with using a monochrome CCD camera on a 72mm refractor.

I think it’s the first time I ever captured a comet’s dust tail, ion (gas) tail, and anti-tail.

My plan is to capture E3 ZTF in color later this week using a DSLR camera on the same telescope.

    Steve L.








> On Jan 24, 2023, at 10:30 AM, Mike McCabe <cartech2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Ok, first off I have to acknowledge the reports coming in from fellow members that it was completely cloudy this morning where they were. That's a bummer! I just got lucky, plain and simple. I had reason to be up at 3:00 A.M. this morning and my sky was clear, so I stayed up and took advantage of it. By the time I packed it up at 4:30 A.M. the sky was still clear, but when I looked back out a couple of hours later it was completely overcast again.
> 
> My observing session went splendidly. I used a range of binoculars from 8x42's to 20x80's to view the comet, and it was pleasurable through and through. In my sketch below, the bright star Edasich is at the lower right of the field, with the comet at the upper left, so the duo was separated by about 3° or so. As I look outside now the Sun is breaking through, so I think I'll take advantage of that for a little solar observing. Keep the faith for this evening! It might not be perfect, but at the same time I think there be an opportunity for at least some observing.
> 
> Keep Looking Up!
> 
> Mike M.
> 
> 
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