A photographic image of brightening 21P/Giacobini-Zinner
On the morning of September 23, I photographed 21P/Giaconibin-Zinner
during a brief moments of clear skies. It was at the 8th magnitude displaying
a beautiful tail, though short. Many comet searchers must have come across
this comet and be very impressed. September 19, 1965 was the day I discovered
Comet Ikeya-Seki and it was positioned in a much lower eastern sky. At
that time, Typhoon No.24 was approaching Japan, just like this year. Comet
Giacobini-Zinner was visually discovered and will please our eyes for a
while.
21P/Giacobini-Zinner
Photographed on September 23, 2018
70cm f/5 reflector with Nikonn D700