Tonight (10/23), viewing from dark skies in NE Wisconsin near Trego, comet C/2023 A3 is a naked eye object in the middle of Ophiuchus. The comet is glorious in binoculars. It is about 12 degrees below Rasalhague and 8 degrees or so above the two globular stars clusters M10 and M12. I estimate the tail at 8-10 degrees and it appears intact in spite of an article on Space today suggesting the comet’s head is breaking up.
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