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Excellent reports everyone, it's great reading the various experiences.
As Rod said, I took my family to the Entrance last night, and met up with Rod and his kids. I went further north than the previous night, which gave me a better view across the lake and made the mountains a little more distant.
At first, clouds sat RIGHT ON TOP of where I was expecting the comet to be. Couldn't spot it until the sun had set, and then BAM it stood out very bright just above the cloud. Once I knew where it was, it was very easy to spot naked eye.
I helped a few other onlookers find it, and we all had views through the 11x70 binos and thru Rod's ED80.
It was MUCH brighter than the night before, with the 45° fan-like tail spreading out. Through the ED80, the core was very stellar-like, nice and bright. The best view through the ED80 was with the 22-pan. Being so close to the horizon, the 7 and 12mm orthos just had too much atmospheric dispertion.
Naked eye I'd estimate to be about mag -3. When Venus was visible at the same time, I felt Venus was definitely brighter. But it could've felt that way due to Venus being higher and in "darker" skies.
The wife and kids were impressed - hopefully the view will get even better in the coming days.
Here's 2 pics of Rod and 2 of his offspring.
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