21P/Giacobini–Zinner is a periodic comet, which was discovered by Michel Giacobini on December 20, 1900. It was recovered two passages later by Ernst Zinner on October 23, 1913. During its apparitions, Giacobini–Zinner reaches about the 8th magnitude, but in 1946 it underwent a series of outbursts that made it as bright as 5th magnitude. It is the parent body of the Draconids meteor shower (also known as Giacobinids).The comet nucleus is estimated to be 2.0 km. in diameter. This image shows the comet on October 9th 2018 at 02:00 UT, when the comet was near IC 2177.