Subj : Daily APOD Report To : All From : Ben Ritchey Date : Mon Oct 08 2018 11:35:15 Astronomy Picture of the Day Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! [1] Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2018 October 8 [2] Comet 12P Between Rosette and Cone Nebulas Image Credit & Copyright: Fritz Helmut Hemmerich [3] Explanation: Small bits of this greenish-gray comet are expected to streak across Earth's atmosphere tonight. Specifically, debris from the eroding nucleus [4] of Comet 21P / Giacobini-Zinner [5] , pictured, causes the annual Draconids meteor shower, which peaks this evening. Draconid meteors [6] are easy to enjoy this year because meteor rates will likely peak soon after sunset with the Moon's glare [7] nearly absent. Patience may be needed, though, as last month's passing of 21P [8] near the Earth's orbit is not expected to increase [9] the Draconids' normal meteor rate this year of (only) a few meteors per hour. Then again, meteor rates are notoriously hard to predict, and the Draconids [10] were quite impressive in 1933 [11] , 1946, and 2011 [12] . Featured, Comet 21P gracefully posed [13] between the Rosette [14] (upper left) and Cone [15] (lower right) nebulas two weeks ago before heading back [16] out to near the orbit of Jupiter [17] , to return again in about six and a half years [18] . Tomorrow's picture: big swirl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- < [19] | Archive [20] | Submissions [21] | Index [22] | Search [23] | Calendar [24] | RSS [25] | Education [26] | About APOD [27] | Discuss [28] | > [29] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Authors & editors: Robert Nemiroff [30] (MTU [31] ) & Jerry Bonnell [32] (UMCP [33] ) NASA Official: Phillip Newman Specific rights apply [34] . NASA Web Privacy Policy and Important Notices [35] A service of: ASD [36] at NASA [37] / GSFC [38] & Michigan Tech. U. [39] ---------- Site notes: [1] archivepix.html [2] image/1810/Comet21P_Hemmerich_1440.jpg [3] https://www.flickr.com/people/fhhemmerich/ [4] ap150203.html [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21P/Giacobini%E2%80%93Zinner [6] http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/ everything-you-need-to-know-draconid-meteor-shower [7] ap161216.html [8] ap180918.html [9] https://www.amsmeteors.org/2018/10/ meteor-activity-outlook-for-october-6-12-2018/ [10] ap111019.html [11] https://www.imo.net/docs/ellison_1933_draconids_storm_account.txt [12] https://web.archive.org/web/20111213230937/http://www.imo.net/ draconids2011results [13] ap180823.html [14] ap170214.html [15] ap130806.html [16] https://www.calsky.com/?Comets=&sec=3&step=1&number=21P [17] https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/jupiter/overview/ [18] https://www.petful.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/lonely-cat.jpg [19] ap181007.html [20] archivepix.html [21] lib/apsubmit2015.html [22] lib/aptree.html [23] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/apod_search [24] calendar/allyears.html [25] /apod.rss [26] lib/edlinks.html [27] lib/about_apod.html [28] http://asterisk.apod.com/discuss_apod.php?date=181008 [29] ap181009.html [30] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/faculty/Nemiroff.html [31] http://www.phy.mtu.edu/ [32] https://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/htmltest/jbonnell/www/bonnell.html [33] http://www.astro.umd.edu/ [34] lib/about_apod.html#srapply [35] https://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/HP_Privacy.html [36] https://astrophysics.gsfc.nasa.gov/ [37] https://www.nasa.gov/ [38] https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/ [39] http://www.mtu.edu/ --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A39 (Windows/32) * Origin: FIDONet - The Positronium Repository (1:393/68) .