Its the brightest comet in 40 years, and is now visible to the naked eye to people in the southern hemisphere. For those of us in the northern side, we'll just have to make do with cool pictures.
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More great pictures of the comet are at:
http://spaceweather.com/comets/gallery_mcnaught.php
It was quite visible to the naked eye when I was in Australia last month, so I don't get the "now visible" part.
Quite amazing to see.
Ah, it's currently around magnitude 6 (just visible to the unaided eye under dark sky conditions), having faded substantially from its glory around 16-26 January.