The first and last appearance of SWAN

The Comet SWAN has become increasingly brighter over the past few days, eventually becoming quite bright and visible in the northern sky. It is near magnitude sic and visible with binoculars, not far from the big dipper. It will come closest to earth at the end of this month. Since it's orbit is hyperbolic it will most likely never return to earth and dissapear out of existance as we know it.