IAU A79

The brightest comet to be seen in 42 years approached to within 0.17 AU of the Sun on 12 January 2007. Predictions of a bright comet proved correct, and the comet continues to put on a magnificent display for southern hemisphere observers. A79 team performed a set of astrometric observations of C/2006 P1, 20 days after the comet discovery (MPEC 2006-Q1), when it was about 16.5-17 magnitude.
Furthermore, we were able to observe the comet during 10-13 of January at magnitude about -2.5m.