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Photographer:

Alireza Vafa

Location of Photo:

Firuzkuh County, Iran

Date/Time of photo:

Feb 2, 2023

Equipment:

Nikkor 105mm f1.4 attached to Nikon D750 body on Kenko sky memo

Description:

The false color starless image of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) at the time of closest approach to earth on the morning of February 2nd, shows the comet tail elongated more than 10 degrees in the sky!