I observed the comet for the first time today at 17:15 , it was in thin stringy clouds, and not visible in Bino's,at the time it was at about 26deg altitude. I observed it with a 20cm SCT.
After finding Venus which was a neat little bright ball soon picked up
Comet P1 as bright yellowish and slightly elongated with no other detail. About the same mag as Venus, but it was difficult to get a true estimate because of the cloud.
I did not see any tail as the clouds thickened as the sun went down and was lost to view.
