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ChrisWei and I went to see comet McNaught last night from the Seattle watefront. The sky was mostly overcast, but there was a small gap through which we could see the comet about 15 minutes after sunset. This photo from FlickR captures pretty precisely what we saw.
I'm still confused about whether this comet is coming or going. I've seen photos of it taken in the morning (on the other side of the sun), but also reports that it is on it's way toward the sun right now. Those seem contradictory to me - so I'll have to do more research.
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From what I can tell from the visualization on Shadow & Substance web site, the comet has been approaching the sun from the far side - kind of heading toward the earth. It should only be visible in the evening so far, since it is "to the left" of the sun (the sun will already be up when the comet rises in the morning). As of Jan 17 it will be directly between us and the sun, and so not visible. We should get another crack at seeing it in the morning sky around Jan 22nd (about 30 minutes before sunrise). It will be about 30% closer to the earth by then, on it's way out - so perhaps it will appear even brighter).