I opened the window for the photo. I never shoot through glass. Had to have mosquito coils going though.
Visually with a 30mm eyepiece at 25X it looked small and very condensed. Quite easy to see. Be interesting to see how it handles moonlight.
For me it was just above the trees at 4:30 EST (5:30 DST). It was visible well into twilight as I followed it for nearly an hour before the sky was too bright.
Lester, the comet is quite small. I think it would be passed off as a star in 7x50 binos.
Some have been following it long before I spotted it.
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