Скачать или смотреть Two comets close together! A very rare phenomenon! C/2022 E3 ZTF and C/2022 U2 ATLAS conjunction

On February 6, 2023, a very rare phenomenon occurred in the sky: a very close conjunction of two comets. Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) and comet C/2022 U2 (ATLAS) passed each other in the sky at a distance of 0.3° (the diameter of the Moon is about 0.5°). Although the comets appeared to be close together, they were actually about 40 million km apart. Green Comet - C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is quite bright (approximately magnitude 5.5), while Comet C/2022 U2 (ATLAS) is quite dim (approximately magnitude 11.5). The moon was very bright that night (98.7% phase), but I managed to capture both comets. In this video you can see the movement of both comets. The animation consists of 82 photos and covers the period from 9:00 pm to 9:42 pm (local time).

Equipment

Telescope: GSO 203/800 F/4
Camera: Sony a6400
Mount: iOptron CEM26


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Music (YouTube Audio Library):
Title: Satya Yuga
Performer: Jesse Gallagher