After imaging Lulin tonight, couldn't resist a bit of visual!
Looked through 12x50 binocs earlier, and saw a slightly off-round, reasonably bright glow. In scope with 21mm EP, it was quite bright and the nucleus was visible as a bright light point. As my eyes became more dark adapted (damned laptop!
) I could make out a faint tail on one side in averted vision. Later, thought I could see tail on both sides, averted vision.
Tried the 8mm eyepiece, and the comet was large with a dim coma – I also made it out at about 12' diameter, based on a roughly 30' FOV. The nucleus was very easily visible, contrasting with the dim coma. No sign of tail at this mag.
Finally, reasonably dark adapted, I tried naked eye – the only nearby bright star was mag 6.65, beyond vision with the less than excellent transparency, and I could see a tiny brightish spot in the comet position. Perfectly satisfied given the geometry that I could see Lulin and that it was easy naked eye.
Cheers -