Two Comets
These are a couple of faint comet I was able to image recently. The interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is now nearly at closest approach to Earth, but still very far away from us (4 billion km). It has a short tail and unusual orange-ish color, though I can't really vouch for the accuracy of the color.
The periodic (about 8 years) comet 24P/Schaumasse currently has no discernible tail but does have the characteristic green coma resulting from the ionization of molecular carbon (C2).
Technical details:
OTA: GSO 8" f/8 RC, Apertura 0.75x reducer, ZWO EAF autofocuser
Camera: ZWO ASI294MC Pro cooled color CMOS, 120 sec., gain 200, bin 2
Mount: ZWO AM5
ZWO ASIAir Plus controller
Auto-guided, Askar off-axis guider, ZWO ASI174MM Mini guide camera
Processed in Astro Pixel Processor, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop
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