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Hi Glen,
I wasn't planning on getting up this morning due to a lack of a good sleep recently, and my weather prospects weren't that great. Nature thought otherwise. I could tell by the cooler temperature that it must be a partially clear outside, and I was right.
I just missed a big gap over the comet at 3.45 a.m. local time, but there was enough clearing coming in from the west that made me think it was worth waiting around for. Finally at 4.00 a.m. (15.00 hrs U.T.) there was a break, but with some broken cloud through it so that I didn't have a perfect view.
I saw about 15 degrees from the head with averted vision, this was the brightest bit. I traced the tail up to Alpha Volantis in my 10 x 50 bino's. At that point the tail was over 2 degrees wide. My view was confirmed for me by a picture that John Drummond, of Gisborne, N.Z. posted this morning.
Cheers
Coops
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