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I went to Brighton last night around 8:30. There was plenty of parking available and lots of places to set up. If you want to take photos there isn't much in the way of "foreground" but I wasn't taking any shots anyway. The comet was clearly visible but very difficult to find something to block out the sun, no buildings around there. Once the sun set I was able to find it easily. Some low cloud blocked it out before it set but it was visible for a quarter of an hour or so. I had a couple of people have a look through binoculars, I set my 11x70s on a tripod on a path.
I will be there again tonight if the weather is clear. I managed to find the comet around 4 on Sunday. It took a while as I need to find a spot where the roof of the house shielded me but the trees did not fill the rest of the sky. I said to my wife "I found it!" Then she asked where it was, to which I had to say "I have lost if again and I cant remember where it was!" It took me half an hour to find it again.
Tonight should be good with it being much higher. I must admit it is a bit of a buzz being able to see a comet in the middle of the afternoon. I wonder if they will have anything on the final "feel good article" they always have at the end of the news?
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