Some are saying it might get as bright as Venus. Ya gotta love it if that happens!  
From: http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/200701...ecomebrilliant Quote:
Comet McNaught's orbit [video] indicates that it will sweep to within just 15.8 million miles (25.4 million kilometers) of the Sun on Jan. 12. This rather close approach-less than half the average distance of Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun-suggests the comet has the potential to briefly evolve into a bright object. The big question is, just how bright?
Brighter than Venus?
Recent estimates have ranged widely from magnitude +2.1 (about as bright as Polaris, the North Star) to a dazzling -8.8 (about 40 times brighter than Venus)!
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Last edited by Blue Fire; 01-06-2007 at 09:19 AM.
Reason: added quote for brightness possibilites
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