Comet Lemmon

Visible pre-dawn through binoculars and telescopes

Comet Lemmon C/2012 F6 is observable in the east shortly before dawn through binoculars and telescopes from dark sky sites, far from the light pollution encountered in urban and sub-urban locations.

The finder chart below should help locate it. The comet is expected to fade from magnitude 6.7 to about magnitude 8.0 as the month progresses.

Viewing dates for Comet Panstarrs