Comet C/2007 F1 LONEOS

This Comet is brightening and is moving towards Arcturus where it approaches within 4 degrees next weekend (19th/20th October). It is now expected to peak at magnitude 4 - ie faint naked-eye visibility in early November though it will be closer to the Sun and hence in a brighter sky by that time.

Here is a shot I took on 9th October - the Comet is to the upper left while the star cluster Melotte 111 is to the lower right. The Comet's magnitude is estimated at 7.0 here...