It is just past midnight, and I have just returned home from Binbrook where Jim W., Steve G. and I were joined by a guest for a round of comet watching. Jackie stopped by to make sure that everyone got in the park safely, but her cold kept her from enjoying much of the night. Binocular views were being enjoyed and stories of comet sightings from the past couple of days were being compared while three scopes were set up. As if planned to give our guest variety, Steve set up the GWS (16″ dob), Jim set up his 8″ SC and I set up my small but mighty 80mm refractor. Jim was first out the gate and with his first telescopic view of the comet his shouts of two cores had Steve and I racing to finish our set-ups. Seconds later we were all staring through our scopes and pondering this new development. As the night wore on many images were made (a truly collaborative effort, with Steve’s camera being attached first to my scope and then to Jim’s, and all the while being supervised over by our etherial fourth member). Soon, there was speculation on the true nature of the split core (a third star was immediately agreed upon to be a background star). We plotted the nearby background stars to reference against while we watched for movement of the comet(s) and by the end of the night we were of the opinion that there were two background stars and still one cometary core. But oh, what a comet. Even if it didn’t split as was speculated, it has still been the most surprising comet in many a year and as was said tonight, truly worth the price of admission. I am looking forward to Steve’s images, more member’s comet tales, and more nights with the good company of these fine HAA members.