Comet Giacobini–Zinner is a Jupiter-family comet with a 6.53-year orbit around the Sun.
Comet Giacobini–Zinner is a Jupiter-family comet with a 6.53-year orbit around the Sun. It was discovered by Michel Giacobini, who observed it in the constellation of Aquarius on 20 December 1900. It was recovered two orbits later by Ernst Zinner, while he was observing variable stars near Beta Scuti on 23 October 1913.
[Source: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21P%2FGiacobini%E2%80%93Zinner]
21P Giacobini-Zinner comet.
Exposure 10@ 60 sec
ISO 3200
Camera Nikon D800 [7360 x 4912]
Optics Prime focus of a 10" Meade SCT f/10, 2500 mm focal length on a Celestron CGEM DX mount.
Location St. Croix Observatory, Nova Scotia.
Date 2018-09-01
Processing Processed in PixInsight and Lightroom.
Exposure 10@ 60 sec
ISO 3200
Camera Nikon D800 [7360 x 4912]
Optics Prime focus of a 10" Meade SCT f/10, 2500 mm focal length on a Celestron CGEM DX mount.
Location St. Croix Observatory, Nova Scotia.
Date 2018-09-01
Processing Processed in PixInsight and Lightroom.
