Comet near the Sun

[glenc]

The comet was discovered by Australian amateur astronomer Alan Watson
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap100116.html
see also http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=25938&highlight=alan+watson

[Ric]

A nice discovery.

From what the article was saying it had a short but spectacular life.

[glenc]

It must have been a hot comet!