I managed to find the comet in it's early phases on October 12, 2012 around 0430UTC. It shows a good amount of tail in this 30s x 34 = 17min total exposure. The comet trailed during this duration and what you see is a composite of both a star align and comet align. Towards the right of the frame you can see a galaxy or two which I identified as: KUG 2351+271, a 15th magnitude gem.
Here is the full field of view:
and a full camera resolution of 0.5 arc sec per pixel:
Astrobin listing with platesolve RA/DEC:
http://www.astrobin.com/24739/
Growing list of comets I've photographed:
https://picasaweb.google.com/108750361778865447048/Comets#
