I puzzled over this in the evening sky the other night, without knowing what I was looking at (wrong place and time for Venus, too bright for Mercury, too still for an airplane...)

This is the first article I've read on it; apologies if it's old news.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003519521_comet11m0.html

Time to get out and get watching--right around sunset.

I managed to get to a viewing spot last evening to see its final show for the Northern Hemisphere. My pics aren't very good, but there are some terrific ones posted to various Websites.

I liked this one:

http://media.skytonight.com/images/mcnaught100107_s.jpg