Good morning from Germany, where the sky is clear and sunny, local time 9:15 am. I guess the message: > Given its current magnitude, C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) is

Good morning from Germany, where the sky is clear and sunny, local time 9:15 am. I guess the message: > Given its current magnitude, C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) is barely visible to the naked eye, easily visible with the help of a small binocular. does not take the spectator's location into account, it is just based on the object's magnitude. But for my location, C/2023 P1 (Nishimura) is reported to be above the horizon. So I had a look, and: the problem is that the comet's current location is vertically above the sun, and so close to it, it is not visible to the baked eye, and it would certainly fry your retina trying to locate it with a binocular. And here is the orbit diagram. https://theskylive.com/c2023p1-info#orbitdiagram https://theskylive.com/c2023p1-info#orbitdiagram My interpretation from the orbit: the issue with the comet's visible closeness wrt seen from earth will remain until the comet leaves again. But maybe if a crazy-big coma and tail develops on the perihelion/maximum closeness to sun can help with visibility