It also looks well on the CCD images now. It will close to the earth down to 0.5 AU in October and reach to 8 mag. Because the comet goes southwards, northern people can observe it only until mid October. On the other hand, southern people can observe it after when it appears in October. Only southern people can observe it.
Northern people can never see it again.
It appears again at dawn as 15 mag in December. Dec. 5 Only southern people can observe it. It will appear again in 2000 August as 13 mag. Appearing at dawn. No observations reported since Jan. 12.