However, some optical aid like a pair of binoculars or a moderate telescope might be needed to view the comet from the light polluted areas of cities like Delhi, said Rathnasree.

The Nehru Planetarium is organising a public viewing in coordination with Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE) at Teen Murti House for people to watch the comet Tuesday evening.

"Locating the comet on Tuesday would be a little easier, as it is situated very close to the planet Saturn and can be seen in the evening skies sometime after sunset," said Rathnasree.

The comet was discovered in July 2007 - jointly by Quanzhi Ye from China and Chi-Sheng Lin from Taiwan, from images obtained at the Lu-lin Observatory in Taiwan.