I was up at 12.55am looking for McNaught with binoculars, but it was hopeless. I could barely see 3rd magnitude stars that low down, so I was never going to be able to pick out a 5th magnitude comet in the combination of horizon murk, summer twilight, moonlight.
Definitely a Halley disappointment rather than a Hale-Bopp triumph.
Still, the great thing about comets is that a new one might turn up at any time.
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