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Eliot Herman
Tucson AZ

02/06/2023
07:15 pm

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Captured with a Vixen VSD telescope and a Nikon Z7II camera.

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This image is a total of 5 min in 15 sec subs stacked.

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An unusual event, two comets passing, from our perspective, in a close conjunction. Comet 2022 U2 Atlas (mag 11.6) in the middle left close to 2022 E3 ZTF. The comets are actually about 38 million km apart and only look in close conjunction from our perspective. This was captured in a brief window, there was a thin window before the Moon rose and before that the clouds gathered ending the capture, captured with a Vixen VSD telescope and a Nikon Z7II camera.

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David Callejas, Marketing Director, helps bring EarthSky's content to the world via online ads and other products. He creates strategies that help people around the world find us and appreciate the work we do. He helps manage the EarthSky Store and bring to you the new products that you love. He's the chief liaison between EarthSky.org and the world of commerce. All that, plus he helps post content and populate our pages on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter. Go David!