Found this on the web at The Night Sky This Month, and I wasn't aware of the comet. Thought others might have an interest come the 1st or 2nd of May in trying to view this: "Comet C/2009 K5 McNaught sweeps from Cepheus past Polaris to Camelopardalis during the month and remains circumpolar (meaning it never sets) for most midnorthern observers. Glowing with the combined light of a 9th-magnitude star, the comet will be easily accessible from suburban backyards with a 4-inch scope. On Sunday night, May 2/3, it lies just 1.5° from the 3rd-magnitude star Beta Cephei and two weeks later, on the weekend of May 14 and 15, it can be found 3° from the open star cluster NGC 188. During the month's second half C/2009 K5 McNaught passes near Polaris, the North Star, and soon after that moves from Cepheus into dimmer Camelopardalis." Here's a finder map http://www.nightskyinfo.com/maps_images/html/comet1_map.htm There's a more difficult challenge in terms of hunting, capturing another comet in mid May from "comet 81P Wild. It glows around 10th magnitude and lies within a few degrees of the 4th-magnitude star Iota Virginis all month. At 10th magnitude, Wild will be as tough to view as the faintest Messier galaxies in Virgo. With a 6-inch telescope, you may have trouble detecting its soft, diffuse glow. Bump up the power past 100x to darken the background sky, and use a dark hood over your head to further cut stray light. The best views will come around mid- month, when moonlight will not interfere with late evening observing." Here is the finder chart for Comet 81P Wild: http://www.nightskyinfo.com/maps_images/html/comet2_map.htm Perhaps something to look forward to in this period of April showers and wind.