Comet Ikeya-Zhang will be visible to the naked eye until mid-March. "According to SKY & TELESCOPE magazine, the comet is now bright enough to be
seen with the unaided eye from very dark sites free of any light pollution.
Binoculars show a bright, starlike nucleus surrounded by a small, faint
cloud, or coma. A delicate, wispy tail has been seen pointing away from the
Sun, and in time-exposure photographs the tail is already a few degrees
long. The comet's nucleus appears to be releasing more gas than dust, which
is giving the coma and tail a slight bluish cast that is especially
noticeable in photographs." Link Discuss