New Comet!

A new comet crept up on us this past weekend, one that should be visible for northern hemisphere observers soon.  I'm excited, as my favorite pastime in astronomy (besides just general astrophotography) is imaging comets.

New Comet ASASSN1 (C/2017 O1) already glows aqua from carbon-laced gases.
The comet is currently visible in the pre-dawn sky through modest-sized telescopes.
Rolando Ligustri

C/2017 O1, or Comet ASASSN1, is currently fairly dim and requires a medium sized telescope to see, but may brighten to within binocular capability as the year progresses. In fact, since its discovery on July 19th it has brightened almost 100,000 fold. It was discovered by the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN).

Details can be found at SkyAndTelescope  and Universe Today.