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I managed my first observation of the comet this evening using by 10 x 32 binoculars.  I started at 1840UT but the sky was too bright.  I tried again at 191UT and I was able to see the comet very easily in the binoculars.  Attached is a drawing of the comet- the bright bluish star in the field is Lambda Ophiuchi which I used to estimate the magnitude.  Lambda Oph is a double star and the bright blue component is listed as Mv= 3.9.  I estimate the comet at: 39-1 giving a Mv= 4.0