[SamAdams76]

Now Hale-Bopp, that's a comet that actually lived up to hype. In fact, that remains the only comet I ever saw with the naked eye and I'm in my mid-50s so I've been around a while.

That was back in 1995 and the whole Hale-Bopp experience was overshadowed by that silly cult that committed mass suicide. Which is a shame because overall, that Comet Hale-Bopp was a pretty cool event. I remember walking my young children through our neighborhood so that they could get a peek at it. All in all, it was a spectacular event.

[ealgeone]

IIRC you could see it during the day.

It was a bit eerie seeing it seemingly hang up there in the sky.

[Monterrosa-24]

I was able to see Hale-Bopp low in the sky as I was driving between Auburn and Camp Hill in Alabama. It was that easy to see. The tail was long enough so that a humble telescope or even binoculars would not capture the whole image.