An early morning sortie caught the comet with
a 40 sec exposure and revealed a faint mag 14 comet with an offset
coma
2001 November 9th
The comet has brightened significantly over the past month - this is an 8 x 20 sec exposure with 50 cm and SXF CCD
Here is a false colour rendition of the above
image produced in WinMips.
2001 November 14th
A 12 x 20 sec exposure reveals an elongation
of nuclear region (P.A. 90 deg) when rotational gradient filter applied.