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.