Ah well, had to be done, star trail from this morning attached, 1:40am 3 Jan AEDST.
'Normal' shot here, tail is looking impressive if faint.
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/w...fullbadjsm.jpg
I could see it easily with averted vision extending out past Gamma Muscae (to 25-deg) and possibly almost out to the Southern Pleiades (to 32-deg) although there were some 'fortuitous' faint star alignments that led the eye that far so difficult to be sure. Lester's deep images from the last two mornings when blinked against each other strongly suggest the tail extends faintly to the top of his frames, a length of 40-deg (and probably beyond)!
Cheers -