This object was discovered five years ago by the Spacewatch project, and originally classified as an asteroid.
But after cometary activity was observed it got a free transfer to the comet club!
I imaged it a couple of months ago using one of the Spanish iTelescopes:
But now it's in range from Bolton, rising in the SE in the evenings (right over the brightest area of light-pollution!).
Comet C/2011 KP36 Spacewatch
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Re: Comet C/2011 KP36 Spacewatch
Now there's no more bright Moonlight in the evening, I had another look for this faint (12th magnitude) comet. And although last night's sky was not that clear, I still managed to detect it: