[Rob_K]

This comet is currently (and easily!) the brightest comet in our skies at the moment. It is nearing naked-eye brightness and is really well placed for southern observers. I've obtained a few rough low-res spectra of it recently as it came within range of my gear and moved out of busy Milky Way fields, by far the best result a spectrum I took last night, 12 Dec 2014 (attached).

It would be interesting to see some high-res spectra taken with a spectroscope & slit to see if there are any narrow metallic emissions and to characterise the large coma. It has a long faint ion tail too but getting a spectrum across that might be too difficult!

Cheers -