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#then comparing everything we realize that that smudge is exactly where the comet's supposed to be tonight
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so tired, so cold, so totally worth the minor hypothermia
[Image ID: a faint photograph of the comet c/2022 E3 (ZTF), which appears as a vague greenish smudge with a slightly brighter central part. /end IF]
#out of context this is an extremely unimpressive picture lol
#heck maybe even with context
#but HOLY FREAKING MOLY
#c/2022 e3 (ztf)
#comet ztf
#Cheese's personal molasses
#THE J O U R N E Y TO GET THIS SMUDGY LITTLE THING PHOTOGRAPHED
#the cold broke one of the clasps of the telescope's tripod so we had to shorten it all the way down and just sit on the cold lake deck
#looking back and forth between an online simplified star chart the sky and the scope
#meanwhile the moon is rising higher and higher and making everything brighter
#so we're just taking random cool night pictures because even if we didn't manage to see the comet at least we got to see a cool night sky
#then like an hour later my dad texts from 5 hours away asking if this one little tiny smudge in my housemate's picture is The One
#then comparing everything we realize that that smudge is exactly where the comet's supposed to be tonight
#so THEN we're both using the telescope at the same time trying to find this smudge
#him with the tiny viewfinder and me through the main scope
#many inadvertent head bumps
#so he's telling me to move a little this way and that way to find specific stars
#and I am totally guesstimating because his head's in the way of the viewfinder
#but then we found it!
#solidly smudgy and faintly green exactly where it was said to be
#then trying to line up the phone camera with the telescope which is hard on a normalday but on a day with minimal light from the subject
#darn near impossible
#but by SHEER LUCK happened to snap this photo on the first try
#we tried to get longer exposure afterward but couldn't manage it
#fingers were frozen and couldn't see a thing and our other friend was freezing inside the car
#so we had to bail
#but WE SAW ITTTTTTTT
#and now that we've found it I think it'll be easier to find in the future
#dunno that I'll be able to line it up long enough for a longer exposure picture though
#ahhhhh but I'm so satisfied right now you have no idea
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