Not as experienced as others here.  But here is my simple report for the simplelists:

I was observing from Syon Park, Isleworth, West London which has the best westerly horizon near to me.

I visually observed the comet from 19:06 until 19:21 BST, this evening, 12 October 2024.  At which point it disappeared into the tree line; about 5 degrees above the true horizon.

A tail could be seen using 10x50 binoculars.

I managed to take images with my Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max. The best of which is attached (unprocessed 19:20 BST).

Kind regards,

Shaun Taylor

> On 12 Oct 2024, at 20:16, buczynski8166 at btinternet.com <baa-comet@simplelists.com> wrote:
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> Well done Jon, it is only fitting that the most experienced visual comet observer in UK should be amongst the first  in the UK to see this comet.Let us hope that his words come true and that it will get better as it moves into a darer sky.
> Denis Buczynski
> BAA Comet Section Secretary.
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>   On October 12.75 I was lucky with a cloud break in Cambridge and estimated the magnitude at approximately 0.3 (corrected for extinction) in 8x40B, with a short tail in the expected  pa for the ion tail. I didn't see anything in the direction of the dust tail. It certainly doesn’t rate a spectacular billing yet, but should do better as it moves into a darker sky. I failed to see it the day before, when there was less cloud.
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>  Regards,
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>  Jonathan Shanklin
>  Cambridge
>  BAA Comet Section visual observations co-ordinator
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