There's a lovely, easy to find, binocular comet visible in our evening southern skies right now.
The comet is displaying three gorgeous tails in photographs!
Comet C/2014 Q1 PanSTARRS seen here, was imaged by IceInSpace member, Colin Legg on July 15th from Burns Beach, Western Australia at 10.47 UT.
But you'd better hurry if you want to catch it at its brightest.
"Over the next few nights it will climb higher but also fade as it leaves the sun. Friday night it will sit around 1/2 way between Moon and Jupiter best seen between 6:40 and 7 pm. Saturday night it will be around 3 degrees below and slightly left of the Moon. Best seen in binoculars", Colin wrote.
The comet made perihelion on July 6th. Its current magnitude estimates are around +4 to +5. Seeing it naked eye could be difficult against the twilight sky so binoculars or a small telescope are recommended.
Michael Mattiazzo’s observations in the Universe Today article (link below) wrote, “The view through my 25 x 100 mm binoculars showed a lovely parabolic dust hood about half a degree to the east. Photographically the comet showed three separate tails, a forked ion tail about 1.5° long. Embedded within this was the main dust tail about half a degree long to the east and an unusual feature at right angles to the main tail — a broad “dust trail” 1° long to the north.”
Here's some guides:
http://earthsky.org/todays-image/com...p6Rz8.facebook
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/obser...t070920150907/
http://www.universetoday.com/121401/...s/#more-121401
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