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We finally got clear skies this evening and I made an observation of Tsuchishan-ATLAS.  I had quite a lovely view of it and even at x38 the tail could be seen.  I made two drawings, one at x38 and another at x100.  At higher power I had the view that the centre of the comet was rather elongated.  The tail was interesting and with averted vision didn't appear to be quite uniform- it's hard to explain but it seemed to have slightly brighter sections.

I estimated the comet using the star HD171126 as a comparison star which is listed as Mv = 8.26 (which I take as 8.3) and I estimate the comet to be '83-3' giving the comet a Mv= +8.6.