Comet McNaught will be visible through mid-June, beginning tonight. You'll have to be an early riser and need binoculars or a telescope. Look towards the east just before dawn as McNaught passes through the constellation Andromeda. From the Northern Hemisphere, the comet will begin to travel lower in the sky, but will also become brighter toward the end of the week, as the Moon wanes and it begins to pass through Perseus, finally disappearing from view towards the end of June. Comet McNaught reaches perihelion (the outer edge of its orbit) on July 2; astronomers believe that McNaught is on an hyperbolic orbit, so once it leaves the solar system, it likely won't return.
