Comet ISON is now visible

Comet ISON is reported as now being visible to the naked eye.

https://www.latimes.com/science/sci...ed-eye-20131115,0,7360433.story#axzz2knnObyyC

The problem is that you need a clear view to the East before sunrise.

Space probes like Messenger around Mercury should get a good view of Comet ISON. Mercury is about 30 million miles from the sun. At its closest approach to the sun (perihelion) on November 28 (my birthday and Thanksgiving Day) Comet ISON will be only 700,000 miles from the sun.

https://www.space.com/23616-comet-ison-encke-mercury-flyby.html

Is there a better gift the universe can possibly give you?!?!?!Here's a neat site I found on ISON this morning.I've tried last few mornings to view it but its been to cloudy.I just hope it makes it around the sun without being destroyed for some good views on through December.
https://www.solarsystemscope.com/ison/

At just over 4th magnitude, you'll need an extremely dark sky to really see it with the naked eye. Theoretically, the limit of our eye sight is just under 6th magnitude, but that is in very dark skies under perfect seeing conditions. Being so low on the horizon and close to the sun, I doubt the average human eye will see it until it gets closer to first or second magnitude. I saw it as a fuzzy patch with 25x100 binoculars yesterday morning. Until it makes its way back around the sun (if it survives its close approach to the sun), I'd recommend using optical aid to see it. Being close to the bright star Spica, it shouldn't be too hard to locate.

Has anyone seen it yet? I'm going to give it a look tomorrow, will report here.

Weather's been crummy... 8(

Weather here has been too cloudy also. It looks Monday, Nov. 25th, and the following Tuesday will be clear. I don't know if I will get up that early in the morning. I have the mountains here blocking my eastward view, too. Here is some more speculation.

https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2013/14nov_whatsnext/

I made a special trip out of the house at about 6 AM to sunrise. Skies were pretty good. I didn't see any comet.