I wonder if it is getting brighter. Reports from 2 days ago like Dave Mitsky's show it rather hard to see compared to the star at the end of the galaxy. I show it brighter and it sounds even brighter in your shot.

At 4 a.m. when I was able to get this image I was too dead to try visually. Tonight its cloudy with snow to the west headed this way. No try tonight.

Rick