AstronomyTeacher

SkyTonight.com - Homepage Observing - January's Surprise Comet: "A major comet, known as Comet McNaught or C/2006 P1, is right now making its way through the inner solar system. It%u2019s already as bright as the brightest stars, but it is also sticking close to the glare of the Sun. For this reason the general public won%u2019t be gathering on street corners to gaze at it, as they did Comet Hyakutake (in 1996) or Comet Hale-Bopp (1997). But amateur astronomers in north-temperate latitudes, with their observing know-how, have an excellent chance of spotting Comet McNaught in the next week or so, very low in the bright glow of evening twilight."