Thanks for the tail length estimate Glen I have uploaded a higher resolution version to Flickr here:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/plantnerd/16047938790/
I also had the image plate solved by the Astrometry.net group on Flickr here are the results:
Hello, this is the blind astrometry solver. Your results are:
(RA, Dec) center: (63.4381378733, -1.07466743002) degrees
Orientation: 4.19581075136 deg E of N
Pixel scale: 11.8117820473 arcsec/pixel
Your field contains:
NGC 1568
NGC 1541
NGC 1552
ξ Eri
35Eri
NGC 1507