This was Comet Wirtanen on December 6 in the early evening, with it now in Eridanus and moving north rapidly. It appears here at upper right, and to the west of the rising Orion the Hunter at far left.
A 35mm lens was just able to frame the scene.
The comet is easy in any binoculars — if you know just where to look. Itll be easier to find, and brighter, once it gets up into Taurus between the Pleiades and Hyades. It appears much as it looks in the photos — as a diffuse glow, though without the cyan-green that shows up in photos.
This is a blend of tracked exposures for the sky and untracked exposures for the ground.
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