By now you’ve probably heard about Comet Pan-STARRS:
Comet Pan-STARRS is a long-period comet discovered last year by the Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawaii. It’s visible this month, March, in both the northern and southern hemispheres. Since it’s a long-period comet, it won’t be visible again for another 100 million years.
I haven’t spotted it yet from here in New Orleans, but here’s a photo of it as it appears over LSU in Baton Rouge:
