
Comet ZTF meets Mars
2023
- Type
- Comet
- Acquisition
- RASA 11" V2 · ASI2600MC Pro
- Integration
- 0.3h
Comet ZTF Meets Mars
This close encounter between the comet and Mars was captured by fellow astrophotographer Li-Yang Hsu (許立揚) at Beipu, Hsinchu; I spent some time bringing out the result. Compared with ten days earlier, the ion tail had clearly shortened and faded, and the overall brightness had dropped to around magnitude 7 — while Mars, by contrast, blazed away.
RASA 11
ASI 2600MCP
RST-300
Date: 2023/2/11
Exposure: 30s x 40
Software: PixInsight, Photoshop by Evan Tsai