As a basis served the orbital elements which have been published in MPEC 1996-C06. These calculations produce a grid of synchrones and syndynes . In the present case, the dust particles are assumed to have initial zero velocity, relative to the comet coma. The scale of the plot is given in AU, together with the projected direction of the cometary motion and towards the Sun. The comet's distance from the Sun and the Earth is indicated.
North is up and East is to the left in the sky plots.
The position of the nucleus is indicated with a small star. For the calculations, I used dust emission times covering up to 60 days before the observing dates as given in the header of the plots and solar radiation pressures values beta between 0.1 and 1.0. According to my experience this parameter choice should reasonably well correspond to the grains which typically produce the visual tail pattern of comets. However, these plots show the dust particle positions only, and are thus only indicative of the tail appearance. For instance, possible outbursts will produce enhanced synchrone patterns.