Comet Alert!

Space.com

EVENING SKY MAP: Comet McNaught's predicted path as seen from mid-northern latitudes at 5 p.m. local time.

Comet McNaught has become the brightest comet in 30 years, according to the International Comet Quarterly at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

Tonight (Wednesday, Jan. 10) may be the best chance for Northern Hemisphere viewers to spot it.