Comet McNaught (C/2009 R1)

Just to let everyone know, the comet McNaught C/2009 R1 is now visible to the naked eye...

"The comet is visible now for people with dark skies away from urban and suburban lighting. By mid-June it may be an easy skywatching target for most people."

"The most recent "reliable" observation was made by Alexandre Amorim of Florianopolis,Brazil who saw the comet on June 6 using 10x50 binoculars and estimated the magnitude as +5.5.  That's about as bright as the faintest star in the bowl of the Little Dipper (on this scale, smaller numbers represent brighter objects).

In the coming days, the comet is expected to continue to brighten as it gets closer to the sun."

From: www.space.com/spacewatch/new-comet-mcnaught-visible-100608.html