Did I see the comet?

[Manok101]

I found out just before sunset there was going to be a binocular visible comet (I have 15x70s) somewhere near Venus. There were only three things visible at the time I took it out, the first was the obvious Venus, the second and third were these two dim objects I could only see with my binoculars, and I couldn't tell if they were stars, one appeared not to be blinking, but I wasn't sure they were so faint. The two faint objects were just above Venus. The sun was down and it was dark, though I do live in a city with a moderate amount of light pollution.

[Pete Presland]

I would guess they were probably just stars. You can check out any new comets here, Comet 45P/Honda is currently around mag 12 so pretty dim.

http://cometchasing.skyhound.com

[andrew63]

It might well have been Comet 45P/Honda - it's around 10 deg. from Venus.  I had a look last week but could not see it, very low down and a good  clear horizon to view !

http://astrobob.areavoices.com/2016/12/25/one-last-christmas-present-comet-45phonda-mrkos-pajdusakova/

 

andrew

[Pete Presland]

As Andrew has said its close by, but looks like the comets below Venus not above, tricky but worth a look.

 

[Moonshane]

probably Messier 2?

[JB80]

I have been meaning to point the camera in that direction and see if anything shows up. It has a nice long tail.
Seems to have brightened considerably too, I have read reports of as much as mag 8. Worth a shot at least.

[SonnyE]

I did!

I did see a Comet!

Oh, but not that one..... THIS ONE