Appearing at dawn. It will fade gradually after this. It reaches to 13.5 mag in 2002 summer, and keeps observable for a long while. It will be observable in the morning sky soon. Only southern people can observe it.
Northern people can never see it again.
It hardly faded out since the perihelion passage in 2000 June, and still keeps 14 mag. It will be observable in the morning sky soon. Although it is low right now, it is observable until 2002 autumn at 15 mag. Because it is far away, it keeps brighter than 16 mag until August. It is observable as 15.5 mag until autumn.