Rob McNaught's put a web page up with the background to his discovery of this comet and the very first images taken of it.
http://msowww.anu.edu.au/~rmn/C2006P1.htm
It'll be worth keeping an eye on, since he's in Australia and the southern hemisphere looks like it's in for a spectacular show when the comet passes perihelion and starts heading southwards to below the ecliptic.
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simon
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