Comet Ikeya-Zhang, which last visited the inner solar system in 1661, swung by the Sun on March 18, 2002. It is now glowing like a 3rd magnitude star -- albeit with a long, beautiful tail. This month the comet will move from the evening sky, where it is visible just after sunset, to the morning sky. Ikeya-Zhang's faint blue color and turbulent tail have made it one of the most photogenic comets in years.

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	Photographer, Location, Date	Larger images	Comments
	Dominic Cantin, Quebec, Canda April 12	#1	Great detail is visible in this beautiful image of Comet Ikeya-Zhang by Dominic Cantin. He used an 8-inch schmidt-camera @ f 1.5 with Fuji 800 film. The image consists of three stacked five-minute exposures.
	Dr. P. Clay Sherrod, Arkansas April 12	#1	Dr. P. Clay Sherrod took this image with his observatory's 4" guide refractor through thick cirrus clouds. Eight 4-second images stacked, SBIG STV-CCD, unguided.
	Dr. P. Clay Sherrod, Arkansas April 11	#1	Clay Sherrod: "Ikeya-Zhang, taken with a 4" guide refractor mounted on the big observatory scope in Conway, AR. The comet was magnitude 3.6 with an 8 degree tail pointing nearly due north; both were clearly visible to the naked eye on this very dark and clear morning. You can really appreciate the very rich star field of the winter Milky Way seen in this 3-degree field view in Cassiopeia."
	Dr. P Clay Sherrod, Arkansas April 10	#1	Clay Sherrod: "Here is a double-shot of Ikeya-Zhang. The large image (about 1 degree of sky!) is taken across the observatory roof in strong twilight with a 4" guide refractor. The inset is through a 12" Meade taken at exactly the same time. It shows the very central part of the comet, slightly more than four times closer and more detailed at the head than in the other shot!"
	Philippe Moussette, Quebec, Canada April 7	#1	Phillipe Mousette took this image from Riviere a Pierre in Quebec. He used a Pentax ME camera and 400mm lens at f/5.6 with Fujicolor 800 film.
	Dominic Cantin, Quebec, Canada April 7	#1, #2, #3, #4	Dominic Cantin of Canada took these images of the comet on April 7th using an 8-inch schmidt camera. The exposure times were five minutes each.
	Jay Ouellet, Quebec City, Canada April 7	#1	Jay Ouellet took this image of the comet on the morning of April 7th. He used a Canon 200mm lens at f/:2.2 The result represents a 2-minute exposure on Kodak Supra 400 film. Unguided on a G11 mount.
	Frederick Merlin, Fontaine-Notre-Dame France April 7, 8	#1, #2, #3	Frederick Merlin: "On April 6th, this comet was perfectly placed: about 20 degress above the Northeast horizon." Images taken with a Canon EOS 500 camera and Kodak Gold Ultra 400 ISO film."
	Ulrich Rieth, Southwest Germany April 6	#1, #2, #3	Ulrich Rieth took this series of images with Kodak E200 color slide film and a Canon EOS 50E camera. Ulrich adds that the comet was a nice naked eye object with a 2 - 3 degree tail.