You would think Space Weather wouldn't forget seeing this comet before. This isn't McNaughts first visit. First discovered at the end of 2006, the comet made a beautiful pass in 2007. Mostly visible from the southern hemisphere.
Different Comet McNaught. That was C/2006 P1. This one is C/2009 R1.
8 posted on 06/07/2010 1:16:55 PM PDT by KarlInOhio
(I am so immune to satire that I ate three Irish children after reading Swift's "A Modest Proposal")