How to find and photograph Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF)

[@Zealor365]

This was an outstanding tutorial. Your guidance was clear and concise. I appreciate the you took your time and laid out the instructions in a balanced and easy to understand manner.

[@KristineRosePhotography]

Thank you so much for the feedback Mark!! I really appreciate it :)

[@davids5694]

Thank you for this! I brought the comet's data into stellarium with no problem following your instructions. Presently my one and only forecasted clear night coming up is the early morning of JAN 15 here in Ohio, USA. This will help me locate the comet more quickly than just scanning the whole area between Corona Borealis and Hercules.

[@KristineRosePhotography]

You are welcome!! Not a lot of clear skies here either. Good luck shooting!

[@anabiyaamna1729]

Ohio💀

[@KristineRosePhotography]

@@bibekanandamahata4839 There are some places you could. I have students there who find dark skies, the John Glenn Astronomy Park is a great spot to check out and you'll meet many like minded people there.

[@annvarley9204]

Stellarium! I forgot about that one, and had been struggling with PhotoPills to get this information. Thank you Thank you!

[@KristineRosePhotography]

You're very welcome!

[@JonKeller]

Thank you for this video! I have not done any astrophotography in about 6 years and it's really cool to see the new tools available!

[@KristineRosePhotography]

There are so many!! Happy to hear you are getting back into it :)

[@kuriostraveler]

I have the mobile app. I just learned thanks to your video that there is more than the phone app

[@KristineRosePhotography]

Oh fantastic!! I'm glad to hear this :)

[@javierallende4639]

Thanks a lot Kristine, I usually don´t write many comments but this video save my life. I was trying to find the comet by myself roughly on stellarium. This feature of importing objects is simply amazing and your video perfectly and simply explained it!

[@KristineRosePhotography]

Thank you so much Javier!! I appreciate that you took the time to write the comment and that it was helpful!!

[@markmuller3086]

Just found your channel Kristine and love your presentation. Very clear and helpful! I used Stellarium on my iPhone last night in clear Bortle 8 skies, and 33 degrees latitude. It was around 10pm. I had a general idea of where to look for the comet with my binoculars, but just couldn’t find it. Dang! I’ll try again tonight.

[@parnell2014]

Excellent video, clear and to the point! The PlanIt Pro tutorial was a nice bonus. Thanks for posting!

[@KristineRosePhotography]

Thank you Nancy!! Happy it helped :)

[@michaelmckeag960]

YT brought your video to my attention. I photographed C2022 E3 the previous couple mornings (about 2am) from Borrego Springs, CA. It served as a test of Benro Polaris pointing and tracking, first time with 300mm, second morning with 510mm. On both occasions after initial alignment entered current comet coordinates (from Sky Safari Pro in my case rather than Stellarium) and the comet was nicely framed in the very first exposure. The comet is invisible naked eye, and barely visible in binoculars. The BP passed the pointing test and tracking was acceptable in 15 sec exposures, at both 300 and 510mm, not so much at 30 sec. I had not considered C2022 E3 a candidate for a landscape composition but you have changed my mind, maybe tomorrow morning in the wee hours.

[@CajunBoyJake]

Thanks so much, amazing video 🤙🏾

[@bruceblaylock8682]

Very informative. Been looking for this exact information. Thanks...Bruce

[@KristineRosePhotography]

You're very welcome Bruce! Glad to help :)

[@AnubisMaat]

Thankyou so much for the info about this comet, great help in finding it 🙂

[@PhillipMcCallum]

February for us down under, great v8deo

[@KristineRosePhotography]

Thank you Phillip! Good luck capturing it!

[@toneywilson2350]

Gerat video very easy to follow...,. Thanks from TONEY Chattanooga Tennessee U.S.

[@KristineRosePhotography]

You're welcome!

[@JaiMukerji]

Great video. To the point , informative and without fluff.

[@KristineRosePhotography]

Thank you!! I'm glad it helped :)

[@sjloree]

Amazing tutorial - as always. Love the level of detail and the down-to-earth commentary

[@KristineRosePhotography]

Thank you so much Shelly!

[@aminpatani5928]

Thank you! A great tutorial!

[@KristineRosePhotography]

You're welcome! I'm glad it helped :)

[@DavidLindes]

Cool, thanks for this! I just heard about this comet a few minutes ago, and now I've installed Stellarium, followed your easy-to-follow (thanks!) instructions on getting the comet data for it, and checked out where it's at in the sky from here. I probably won't attempt any photography, but I do think I'll go look for it with some binoculars in hand. Thanks! (And, looks like super useful tips for if/when I'm attempting photography of such things again, too! So double thanks!)

[@KristineRosePhotography]

Have you had any luck seeing with binoculars? Tonight (Feb 1) it will be at it's brightest so if you get clear dark skies it's a great night to go out and look!!

[@DavidLindes]

@@KristineRosePhotography Ooh, thanks for the reminder! I haven't tried yet... perhaps I will tonight! Though, it does look like some clouds might be coming in, so... we'll see. I'll probably end up missing this one, but I really do appreciate the reminder, and I might give it a go if I can get some other things done before I run out of energy. :)

[@renegadebt1374]

So very informative, Thank you so much.. ✌

[@KristineRosePhotography]

You're welcome! I'm glad it helped :)

[@lsa168]

Excellent info thanks!

[@KristineRosePhotography]

You're welcome! I'm glad it helped :)

[@scenicsarasota4199]

Around 5:00, you mention customizing the comet details to show only the magnitude and altitude/azimuth. How does one do this? Can it be done in Stellarium?

[@KristineRosePhotography]

Oh yes! Absolutely. This is functionality in Stellarium. When you search for an object or click on one in the starfield it will populate the information at the top left of the screen. For me it has always been WAY too much info. So I customized it to what you see there. Just go in to the same configuration window I brought you in to get the comet, but at the top click on the second tab "information" and then you can check below what you want to be shown.

[@scenicsarasota4199]

@@KristineRosePhotography Worked like a charm...thanks! Loved the video, btw 😊

[@KristineRosePhotography]

@@scenicsarasota4199 Awesome!! You're welcome :)

[@chili5555]

Very helpful. Thanks!

[@KristineRosePhotography]

You're welcome!

[@themikeymikechannel2947]

USA FLORIDA , Where is it on 1/17/23 9pm EST.?? THKS

[@ayush8282]

I am so excited this rare events from 2022 when this objects was discover🤗🤗🤗 . Will this comet get naked eyes on 1 feb 🤔?

[@KristineRosePhotography]

I hope it does!! We will have to see :)

[@Korruptor711]

excellent video and earned a sub :)

[@KristineRosePhotography]

Thank you so much!

[@isaacteal]

Great video! What tracking setting would you use on a star tracker for a comet? Just standard star tracking with a shortish exposure?

[@KristineRosePhotography]

Depends on a variety of factors including your focal length and alignment. I've had students use the solar tracking option to get a bit longer exposure and also to shoot/stack separately for the comet/stars. Start a bit shorter than what you would normally do at your reg s/s for the focal length you're using then test from there!

[@cryptocrypto8736]

I use star walk 2 app👍👍 Thx for video👍

[@KristineRosePhotography]

You're welcome!

[@chrisdavis280]

Great tutorial! Thank you! I’m assuming you shoot using a star tracker if you are planning 200mm focal length?

[@KristineRosePhotography]

Thank you Chris! Yes, I will shoot this on my iOptron Skyguider Pro since at 200mm it would be a very short exposure without the tracker. I might also try a wider field at 135mm as I've seen an image with that focal length and I liked the more widefield photo.

[@chrisdavis280]

@@KristineRosePhotography Thank you! I’m trackless so it’s wide angle for me! I had some good success with NEOWISE. That’s the only other comment I’ve tried shooting.

[@KristineRosePhotography]

This one is not nearly as bright so look for it as a smudge in your unprocessed images!

[@bamsemh1]

I have 200mm f5 or 24mm f2. What recommendations do you have for the 200mm, of settings? The npf rule says max 1/1.6. Last I tried, it didn't give me anything useful 😬 no tracker.

[@mamiewilks5503]

this was wonderful Thanks so much

[@richardpaczynski5486]

Thank you for the tutorial Kristine. For whatever reason I haven’t been able to add C/2022 E3 into Stellarium. Maybe my version is too old. I have a photograph of what I am pretty sure is ZTF taken in a very dark sky Feb 4th in the wee hours of the morning. The tail looks very extensive. Is there a way to send you a copy of the photographed to get confirmation? :-)

[@dortejp]

Great video Kristine. Here in France north of Lyon, we will try to shoot the comet starting the third week of january, hoping the permanent cloud cover we had over the past two months will diseapear. Question is how much of the tail (2.5 degrees of arc ?) will we be able to get. My equipement (camera ASI 294 Mc + 550 mm triplet APO) has a FOV 2° x 1°21'...

[@KristineRosePhotography]

I don't shoot with a scope (my focus is landscape astro - including some deepscapes) but my friend who does said that you'll be too tight with your gear to get it all in. He said he's shooting his crop with his 550 which will be a bit wide but easy to crop in a little. Good luck shooting!!

[@andreguimaraes96]

Awesome thank you 🖖🏼

[@KristineRosePhotography]

You're very welcome!

[@cherylthiessen3072]

Is a tracker required to photograph this comet?

[@zhaooskar3178]

In fact, this comet already exists in the latest PlanIt pro version. You can find it in Stars/Star Trails - Screening - Comets.

[@KristineRosePhotography]

That's great! Must be in the latest update :)

[@MaranParanormal]

In Stellarium app on the mobile it is already pinpointed if you go in to the calendar tab and then click on the comet and it show up in the cross sight....easy peasy 👍👍

[@dsb227]

Thank you, that helps a lot! I tried getting it last night but no luck! Fighting the moon too I guess hahaha

[@michelpernod4000]

Thank you Madame !

[@KristineRosePhotography]

You're welcome!

[@andywash]

Thanks. Can't find the Constellations bit in PlanitPro so lost me after that. But great info.

[@KristineRosePhotography]

In your ephemeris features go to "stars and star trails" - though you don't 100% need to do that part, I just like it because it puts up the yellow line for where Bootes is and that's close to where the comet is right now. It's a visual on the map to remind me that I have the azimuth setting correct (vs oops I moved it)

[@chadcrawford1502]

I did photograph a tornado totally unexpected 2 days ago. Those are pretty crazy too

[@Clarenceleekaho]

Yeah I remember that I've noticed this green dot during a lunar eclipse video stream few months back. And now the comet it's nearby.

[@reahs4815]

skysafari has the comet by default if you want it on your phone

[@KristineRosePhotography]

That's great to know! Thanks :)

[@jeffchapman605]

Thank You!

[@Pers00n613]

I’m from Halifax and I’m looking for the comet tonight!

[@KristineRosePhotography]

Did you see it?! Tonight is a good chance too, and it's the brightest tonight that it will be :) :)

[@rhagfyr987]

Can stellarium also help me find Elon's telsa roadster?

[@AirAssault7]

I use the SkySafari app to see where stuff is. SkySafari is a great app in my opinion, though so far I haven't been able to see it cause I think it's just out of view from my backyard and the moon's light is drowning out what visibility of it there is. Stellarium isn't bad either though.

[@KristineRosePhotography]

I know a lot of people who use Skysafari. I pretty much use Planit Pro for my planning, but sometimes it take a little bit to get an update so I'll use Stellarium when I need to. It's also nice that Stellarium on desktop is free and lets you do so much!

[@BigBadLoneWolf]

This comet is listed in stellarium mobile

[@KristineRosePhotography]

That's good to know, thank you!

[@NickNoblePhotography]

I like the iPhone app.

[@KristineRosePhotography]

Yes! I use it all the time :)

[@no_handle_required]

night sky has it

[@tyreza79]

Don't worry it will find you

[@grohuskochris]

You gotta remember, this video is not for average people because theyre not going to know how to decipher 5th to 8th magnitude stars. Average people are not astronomers. This video is obviously for intermediate amateur astronomers

[@KristineRosePhotography]

Actually, this isn't for astronomers at all (though happy if it helps any amateurs), as I definitely don't put myself into that category, even as an amateur. This is for any photographers who are excited to try and photograph the comet! That's my jam :)

[@grohuskochris]

@@KristineRosePhotography hello! Well, it's important to emphasize the greek letter names of the stars or nearest proper name of stars closest to the comet because its not that easy to see unless youre in a remote dark sky and even then you have to know exactly which stars it is near. One half degree, or the full moon, is the size of your index fingernail surface area so the comet coma is a fraction of that , i believe, havent checked the angular size of the comet nucleus but this thing is tiny. The tail is 2-5 degrees, on the other hand.

[@raptor4239]

Ok but What you didnt Mention is there are different versions of stellarium! and not all will have those Features. For Example i'm using the free browser on google and it doesn't have those features that you and other people on TY talk about.

[@KristineRosePhotography]

This is the downloaded version of Stellarium- if you want to have the full capabilities then I would recommend using that version. My directions won’t work with the browser based version.