APOD1.2-Comet Garradd and the Coat Hanger

Last weekend this beautiful comet sweeped across Earth's sky along the milky way. In the picture you see that the comet's tail is pointing southeast. The background of this comet is the stars in the asterism, known as the Coat Hanger. Hard to see from the naked eye but very good for telescopes and binoculars. Comet Garrad has been getting a lot of hype lately and is a very nice comet with a bright head and a stubby but well defined tail. Something I did not know about comets was that they last for so long, in movies they portray comets as just sailing through the night sky, while the article I read said  Comet Garradd would be there from October to March!