Its a pity I didn't see this post yesterday as I was up imaging no far from that area last night. Anyway my first impressions of the photo are that the colour looks about right but the structure isn't like what I would expect from a comet. So at this stage a reflection of some sort might be the most likely suspect. I would be happy to do some followup, however.
Not much I can add to what other people have already said. But I wouldn't send an email to cbat until you get confirmation from other observers. Cbat don't have the resources to deal and followup every possible sighting as many end up being false alarms.
Shane, if you got more than one photo can you post them with the time? The more information you can provide the more chance of followup. A sequence of photos (even 2) would allow some sort of estimate of motion.
Terry
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