Comet 2011 MD in Stellarium

The comet that is whizzing past tonight can be viewing in Stellarium.

Simply add this to your ssystem.ini file:

[2011_MD]
# Data taken from JPL/HORIZONS
# correct for the specified time frame:
# Start Time : A.D. 2011-Jun-27 00:00:00.0000 CT 
# Stop Time  : A.D. 2011-Jun-27 00:00:00.0000 CT 
name                        = Comet (2011 MD)                       
parent                      = Sun
coord_func                  = comet_orbit
radius                      = 10
oblateness                  = 0.0
albedo                      = 1
lighting                    = true
halo                        = true
color                       = 1.0,1.0,1.0
tex_halo                    = star16x16.png
tex_map                     = nomap.png
orbit_Epoch                 = 2455739.500000000
orbit_TimeAtPericenter      = 2455783.820542715
orbit_PericenterDistance    = 1.004990041542778
orbit_Eccentricity          = 0.04467682315781926
orbit_ArgOfPericenter       = 223.2049464987668
orbit_AscendingNode         = 95.59133541822308
orbit_Inclination           = 4.290352364636801

# use H and G for the magnitude of asteroids
type                        = asteroid
absolute_magnitude          = 28.121
slope_parameter             = 0.15

Then search in Stellarium for Comet (2011 MD).

I fetched this data from JPL/HORIZONS and parsed it through JPL/Horizons Parser for Stellarium.