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I was very pleased to have seen it as well, from heavily light polluted inner city Adelaide. I tracked it for about 1/2 hour thru Crater towards Leo till dawn light overwhelmed it. 11x70 binos were needed, on a tripod, to pick the slow progression as Mike said above, slower than a satellite. Hand-held binos were not steady enough to pick the slow progression.
I used JPL website data for Adelaide, selecting 10 min intervals, and plotted the co-ordinates in an atlas to know where/when to look.
I have been looking up for over 30 years and this might even be my 1st asteroid. Cannot remember if i have seen others in the past, but I will remember this one.
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