I went out Friday night. Pictures didn't come out as cool as I had hoped. This is probably the best of the bunch. If I had access to Adobe Lightroom with some of the preset filters it might be kind of coolNaked eye viewing was spectacular in dark skies Friday night. Imagine the width of your hand at arms length. That’s how much tail you could make out. Got a flyby from the space station early on as well. Then I botched the focus on an entire evening of shooting.
Clouds threaten tonight but it only takes a brief window.
Seems like the shots that are the most dramatic the photographer must back away from their foreground subject matter and use a longer (200-300mm?) lens. Then they are either tracking the sky or stacking multiple images using something like Starry Landscape Tracker. Because even where I was under perfect skies, no way does a single shot come out that good.
You still should be able to view it but it is getting fainter as it is moving away from the sun. I don't think it is as easy to spot as they make it sound. The only way I found it was by taking a picture of the sky. Once I saw where it was via the picture I could kind of see it with the naked eye. You really need binoculars. It should be visible about an hour past sunset below the Big Dipper.
You should be good on clear nights at least until the end of the month, but who knows? Comets are fickle.
