Comet Ikeya-Zhang at the evening on March 28, 2002, 20:26 CET, taken in Dreieich-Dreieichenhain, Germany, with a Canon EOS500N camera and Canon 75-300mm tele zoom lens at 300mm, f5.6, 10 seconds exposed on Fuji400 negative film.

Comet Ikeya-Zhang at the evening on April 6, 2002, 21:18 CEST, taken in Dreieich-Dreieichenhain, Germany, with a Canon EOS500N camera and Canon 75-300mm tele zoom lens at 300mm, f5.6, 15 seconds exposed on Fuji800 negative film. At the lower right corner the Andromeda galaxy (M31) can be seen.

The observation of the comet Ikeya-Zhang was disturbed by strong light dispersion, although its magnitude was about 3 mag high. In the north western directions, where the comet could be watched, from the viewing site Dreieich-Dreieichenhain there is strong light dispersion, caused by the city of Frankfurt and the near airport. In difference to the observation of the comet Hale-Bopp in 1997 watching Ikeya-Zhang in 2002 with the naked eye showed just a tiny milky spot. On the pictures parts of the comet's tail can be seen.

Comet Hale-Bopp over the Skyline of Frankfurt/Main on April 8, 1997 at about 1:00 CEST, taken in Dreieich-Dreieichenhain, Germany with an Olympus OM2 and 135mm Olympus lens at f2.8, 8 seconds exposed on Fuji100 negative film.

Comet Hale-Bopp at the evening on April 7, 1997, taken in Dreieich-Dreieichenhain, Germany with an Olympus OM2 and 135mm Olympus lens at f2.8, 8 seconds exposed on  Fuji1600 negative film.

Comet Hyakutake in ursa majoris at the evening on March 24, 1996, taken in Dreieich-Dreieichenhain, Germany with an Olympus OM2 and 50mm Olympus lens at f1.8, 20 seconds exposed on Fuji100 negative film.