Drawing of the coma done from memory of view through the
telescope on Febr. 15, 1997.
(6" f/6 dobsonian with 25mm Ploessl eyepiece, from roadside
east of Austin, Texas.)










Drawing of the coma done at the telescope on Febr. 16, 1997.
(6" f/6 dobsonian with 25mm Ploessl eyepiece, from my
house in Austin, Texas.)









Drawing of the coma done at the telescope on March 6, 1997,
c1215 UT.   The waves were becomimg apparent and this was
my first time to see them.  (6" f/6 dobsonian with 10mm
Ploessl eyepiece, from my house in Austin, Texas.)









Photograph taken at an oil rig serving as a water pump in the
Guadalupe Mountains in southern New Mexico on the morning
of March 13, 1997.   (50mm f/2 for 30 seconds, PJM 640
Multi-Speed Ektapress at 640 ASA)








Photograph of Comet and reflection at a stock tank at a friend's
ranch south of Llano, Texas on the evening of March 28, 1997.   The
Andromeda Galaxy is visible just above the trees directly below the
head of the Comet.   Seeing this fulfilled my life-long dream of
seeing a comet's tail reflected in Water begun when I saw the picture
of de Cheseaux's Comet of 1744 as a child.  (Tripod mounted 50mm
f/2 for 50 seconds on PJM 640 Multi-Speed Ektapress at 640 ASA)
A large version of this image (225K JPEG) is available here.





Photograph of the Comet from a friend's ranch south of Llano,
Texas on the evening of March 28, 1997, about 20 minutes after
the previous photo.   The Andromeda Galaxy is still visible
peeking above the trees directly below the head of the Comet.
(Tripod mounted 50mm f/2 for 50 seconds on PJM 640 Multi-Speed
Ektapress at 640 ASA)

Comet Hyakutake Images

Photo of the Comet just before the end of twilight on March 24,
1996.  My friend Jocco is visible in the foreground looking at the
frightful inner coma through his 8" dobsonian as a plane cruises
beneath.  (Tripod mounted 50 mm f/2 for 25 sec. on ASA 3200 TMax.
Note that the 640 rated PJM film used a year later shows the stars 
just as brightly, due to far less reciprocity failure.)








Photo of the Comet in Ursa Major near the moment of closest
approach on March 25, 1996.   (Tripod mounted 50 mm f/2 for
25 sec. on ASA 3200 TMax.  Note that the 640 rated PJM film used
a year later shows the stars just as brightly, due to far less
reciprocity failure.)

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