Ever wanted to see a comet with your naked eye? Well Comet Machholz is now offering you the chance. Just look up in the sky and you might see it. I expect that there might be some media attention to this wonderful object. This was originally discovered by Don Machholz in late August of this year. It is now rather bright! It is going to get brighter and the best time to observe it from the UK is going to be in early January. For more about its discovery see: http://ephemeris.sjaa.net/0410/b.html - the discoverers page about it!
Oh and this is what it looks like (image by Jimmy Westlake from Colorado) this: 
The ephemeris can be found here: http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/Ephemerides/Comets/2004Q2_1.html
Sky Chart (looking south; click for larger):
