Comet Iras/ARAKI/Alcock, 1983d

On May 10th, 1983 a group of us from the Black River Astronomical Society turned out to observe this comet. High overhead in the north at dusk it was superbly placed for observing It had a nice fan shaped tail pointing away from the sun. The arros depict the direction of travel of the comet as it moved through the Big Dipper.