If you look at the starfield of 54 Leonis over a period of a few nights, or even back to back (if you can get them!) Ceres instantly calls your attention to where it is. Ceres is at about mag. 7, so while not naked eye it is an obvious, easy sight in binoculars.
When I mentioned that Comet Lulin was hard to see, I meant naked eye visibility-wise. In binoculars and thru the telescope, it was very special to view. What a treat, and one that can keep an astronomer out there on a bitterly cold night.
I was wondering about you folks out at Keller when Captain Kirk and I saw the meteor. That is so cool that you saw it as well! 8) From what I understand, Keller is west of the airport, so if you were looking east, you definately saw it. Wonderful. That will also go into the report to the AMS.
From what I gather, it was a glorious night for astronomy for the RAC. We all looked at very much the same things, even though we were in three different locations. How cool is that? ;D