Comet Hale-Bopp  
March 1997
10-Inch Newtonian Reflector
Magnification: 160x
FOV: 0.38º

White charcoal pencil sketch as following on black card stock.  The three tails are visible:  The anti-tail, the ion or gas tail and the dust tail are clearly visible.   Roger Ivester (North Carolina)  

Unfortunately, the sketch is actually larger than our scanner can copy, so some of the comet is cut off.  The sketch was made on 4/2/1997.  The tail was about 15° long to the naked eye.  To get the tail and the core detail in the same sketch, I used three different instruments: 8×40 binoculars, a 90mm refractor, and a 6-inch reflector.