The first picture began at 22h35m UT of May 22nd 1998. The field of view of the frame is 16.6 x 11.0 arcminutes.
North is up ,East is left.
The comet was moving in the Canes Venatici constellation and was receding from the Earth and from the Sun aswell. At the time of the picture the comet was 1.1 AU far from the Earth and 1.6 AU far from the Sun. A roughly magnitude estimation gived about 12mag. It may not be reproduced in any form without written permission of the copyright owner. Permission is granted for non-commercial and educational purposes only.