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C/2020 M3 ATLAS on 2020 October 18 at 12:20UT.
The brightest comet on offer at the moment.
My visual estimate on Oct 18.74UT was magnitude 7.8
using 15x70mm binoculars. The comet sported a big coma, 15' across, but quite diffuse. Dark skies are required to see it. Although the comet rises in the east during the evening, it is better situated in the morning sky in the constellation of Lepus.
In the first week of November, it should reach magnitude 7.0 with a 20' coma.