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Attached is an observation of NOWISE I made yesterday evening. Unfortunately my northern horizon is cut off by trees, so I had to make this observation with 10x50 binoculars as the comet is obscured from my observatory at the moment. The comet is now notably fainter, probably around magnitude 3.7 to the naked eye. In 10x50 binoculars the tail now extends for most of the field, and the nucleus is bright with a stellar-like appearance. I was unable to see the ion tail, but the comet does lie towards to city so there is some light pollution and the skies were a little hazy.

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