Our vantage point was pretty high (roof of a six story building in Fremont) but the horizon was high, also (Magnolia Hill), so there was still a lot of sunlight.
But the comet was pretty bright. It looked like a contrail at first, but then we realized it was the comet. With the binoculars we had, we could just see that it had a shape, and not a disc. We watched it for about ten minutes until it went behind a tree.
Okay, so what did it look like? By the time we got home (over an hour late, thanks to the weather), it had sunk almost to the horizon. We didn't see a tail (but I'm using like 50-year-old binoculars), but the thing kept shifting color (white, yellow, red). We think it must have been due to the same particulates/atmosphericosity that gave us a spectacular sunset tonight.
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But the comet was pretty bright. It looked like a contrail at first, but then we realized it was the comet. With the binoculars we had, we could just see that it had a shape, and not a disc. We watched it for about ten minutes until it went behind a tree.
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And it's now totally cloudy and 16 degrees outside. And a 12mph wind. And I scooted home.
BURRRRR!
So much for seeing this great naked-eye comet. Sigh. Good luck, y'all, in seeing it out there!
Chris