great reports all - keep 'em coming!
for those who still havent seen it, dont despair just yet, I went thru a similar experience with wm1, another *very rare* dusty comet - and that was still an amazing view, even tho it had faded to mag +5, with a 5d dust tail, dust tails are very resilent, and a circumpolar!! 40!!!( 20d wide!!!) degree dust tail (which still cant see in its entirety!) will be an amazing binocular, telescopic sight from dark skies for quite a while to come
even with bright near full moon affected views, the binoclar and telescopic views were incredible!! (washed out the film shots a fair bit of course) and with gradient removal techniques on digital stuff, i cant see a problem?
EDIT and v1 also, at +4, 5 mag at very low altitude!, with a 5d dust tail was also a magnificent binocular/ telecopic/photgraphic object!