2023a3 20240922 rmcnaught

Still a lot of moonlight, so not surprised the comet was just barely visible to the naked-eye around dawn. Didn't see it at all before astro twilight.

Defocused mag in 10x50B (with a 0.9mag correction for "average" extinction).
2024 Sep 22.78UT +4.1

Tail on my images was 1.5deg.

Image
2024 Sep 22 18:49UT
Canon 6D MkII
85mm f/2.0
2sec exp
ISO 1000

Cheers, Rob
Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia

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