It has certainly been a whirlwind 3 weeks!
From a media point of view news of the comet has made many of the technology type sites like gizmo, etc, which is how many of the people at my work have found out! In some parts of the world it has made general news. My wife is being asked about the comet on her non-astronomy interest forums - so I think the comet is getting plenty attention. The attention is focused more on the comet rather than me (which is how I prefer it!)....and the ballad well thats a nice gesture
Im still in mild state of shock to say the least. Thinking it was less than 3 weeks ago that I nearly dismissed a "reflection" in my images. Then having that object be found to a rare Kreutz sungrazing group and then seeing it with my own eyes was a tremendous thrill. But nothing prepared me for the display it put on for the SDO, SOHO and STEREO solar space observatories. Watching it tunnel through the sun's corona in near realtime then reappear on the other side was a real thrill.
When I saw the comet reappear on the otherside of the sun, I remember thinking whether the comet would just emerge as asteroidal object exhausted of all volatiles. Then sure enough a small asteriodal object soon emerged in the COR1 STEREO coronograph images. It did look like it was spent. Watching the first few images (which are very low-res) the tail was gone and it looked much fainter. However, as more frames downloaded from COR1, there seemed to be a rapid brightening trend and it seemed a tail was reforming! In the SOHO imagery it was amazing seeing the comets tail dismembered from the comet.
Within 24 hours, the comet was looking healthier and brighter than before perihelion.
Now it looks like the comet is going to re-emerge into our morning skies as a very fine comet. Maybe not in the same league of McNaught but a nice comet none-the-less.
Lastly, thanks again for all the kind comments.
Terry