Image taken after moonset tonight, only grabbed a few short (50-sec) tripod subs
so not as smooth as I'd like. 14:40, 02 Jan 2012 UT:
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww271/Rob_Kau/C2011W302Jan201214-40UT18mmfull\
redsm.jpg

And a high contrast view. Hard to say where the tail finishes, could extend to
the top of the frame. There are a few fortuitous star alignments in the line of
the tail that could give the impression that the tail continues further than it
does.
http://i727.photobucket.com/albums/ww271/Rob_Kau/C2011W302Jan201214-40UThighcont\
.jpg

Visually, I thought I could see it in averted vision extending almost to the
Southern Pleiades (about 32-deg) but again that could have been influenced by
the line of faint stars in there. Certainly I could see it to past Gamma
Muscae, to a distance of about 25-deg. Not much moon-free time left now.

Cheers -

Rob Kaufman
Bright, Victoria, Australia