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With a distance of about 30,000,000 miles at it's closest to the Earth, it probably will not be visible to the eye and not very bright even in binos. Lets hope it outbursts for a nice show. We are really overdue for a naked eye comet, so few in the last 5 years. Last time around (1986) Halley's was on the other side of the solar system and we here on Earth did not get a good look. I want to see Halley's again, i'll only be 117 yrs old!!!
starwatcher-al
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I've only seen one comet with the naked eye in my life, another would be a treat. 
@Druvius There are always dozens of comets in the sky at any one time. All are usually faint, barely visible in binos. it takes a telescope of considerable size to ferret them out. i just checked and none of the already known comets will be visible to the eye up until 2024. We need a new interloper to come into the inner solar system for a good show.
@Druvius Pan STARS - March 2013. The last one I remember seeing
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