Although fainter than when it passed the...
Although fainter than when it passed the Earth three weeks ago, Comet Hyakutake remains bright and is getting brighter, and through a small telescope it is an impressive sight. Look for it in the northwest as soon as the sky is fully dark, shortly after 8:30, to the lower right of the brilliant planet Venus and the Peiades star cluster.
Source: John Mosley, Griffith Observatory
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