Find a spot where a building blocks out the Sun, but allows you a clear view of the sky just to the east, far enough to that side to stay visible up to a half hour past sunset. That stretched out cloud pointing off into the sky is Comet McNaught, said to be the brightest comet to pass our skies in over 40 years.

Comet McNaught hasn't disappointed. As it veered into Mercury's orbit, the comet ejected fiery debris, putting on a spectacular show visible in the daytime, with the naked eye. Astronomers assign a numerical value to celestial objects to denote their brightness; the lower the number, the brighter the object. Comet McNaught has reached minus 5, compared to minus 4 for the planet Venus
[ The Brilliant Comet McNaught - Astronomy ]

Unfortunately for those of us in the northern hemisphere, McNaught's round of the Sun shoots it out to our southern side, which is just as well considering the cloudy cold-snap up here in the woodlands. If you'd like to sneak a peek before it skips out to Argentina, Space.com has viewing maps and links to the archival and current SOHO images