{"id":31735,"date":"2023-02-10T15:32:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T20:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=31735"},"modified":"2023-02-10T15:34:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T20:34:44","slug":"find-and-photograph-comet-ztf-tonight-february-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=31735","title":{"rendered":"Find and Photograph Comet ZTF Tonight (February 10)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Night sky looking west around 11:30 pm local time. Click the photo for a larger version.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Tonight is a good night to find Comet ZTF because it will be near an obvious bright object in the sky. I created this image of the sky February 6 around 11:30 pm looking generally west. This photo is your guide to find Comet ZTF. Tomorrow night (Feb 11) works too).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Orion in the lower left is pretty obvious with three belt stars, 3 stars marking the sword scabbard, and the four stars marking the shoulders and knees. Orion should be obvious to you as you look southwest tonight.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Pleiades in the lower right look like a tiny version of the Big Dipper. To the left of the Pleiades is a “V” shaped set of stars pointing down that mark the head of Taurus the bull. Above and to the right of the Taurus-V is a bright yellow object. That is the planet Mars that I marked with an arrow.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mars is your key object for finding Comet ZTF. The comet will be a faint, fuzzy shaped object above and close to Mars. Find Mars in your binoculars and look above Mars just a bit to find the comet.  To photograph the comet, point your lens at Mars and follow the instruction in the article linked below.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you miss the comet tonight, tomorrow night (February 11) Mars will be above and to the left of Mars. February 12 it will be even farther to the left.
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How to Photograph Comet ZTF (C\/2022 E3)<\/a><\/p>\n

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