Month: September 2018

While the comet 21P Giacobini-Zinner slowly moves out of the center of the solar system, it is still quite pretty in the backyard telescopes. However, the best view can be gottten with sensitive camera. On this sky portrait from 20th September, 2018, the green comet with its tail surround deep-sky objects on the edge of…
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Even if a “great comet” is not in sight for a years, there are some photogenic “beauties” in the sky. The brightest one of these days is 21P/Giacobini-Zinner (source of popular Draconids meteor shower), giving us beautiful sky view in the backyard telescopes. The comet’s closest approach to Earth occured on 11th September 2018 when…
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