Cloudy here in Brisbane the last few days so grrrrr haven't been able to take a look.
I've found a fabulous link showing easy to use finder charts from now thru the upcoming months tracking the comet's speedy progress thru our skies (what pace!)
Mark February 14th down on your calenders for a visual/photographic feast, as comet Lemmon will come within 4 degrees of the Small Megellanic Cloud (a naked eye satellite galaxy of the Milky Way) & 47Tuc- the second largest & brightest globular cluster in our skies & visual candy just on its own!
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Even better news still, recent observations of Comet Lemmon show it to be already about half a magnitude brighter than previously predicted and based on the current brightening, the comet should reach naked eye brightness during the first week of February. It is now looking promising that Comet Lemmon may peak at magnitude 3.0 on or around March 21, with an ion tail several degrees in length. Perihelion then follows on March 24, when this icy rock will be 0.7313 AU (109.4 million kms or 68.0 million miles) from the Sun.
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http://freestarcharts.com/index.php/...-than-expected