Comets with a celestron nexstar

[tobot]

Ok so I've had reasonably clear skies my first 4 nights out and I've hit quite a few targets on my list

However I would really love to look at some comets, I have arsenal pro on my iPhone which is a really great little tool as I can point it around and find most objects with ease either through Ngc or ic codes or by name in my celestron handset

However it only offers ra/dec figures for comets and I can't seem to get the scope to point in the right place it's picking the nearest star instead? Any ideas or suggestions for viewing comets, as a side question I'm also interested in viewing man made objects

[John]

This web site gives the current positions of comets brighter than magnitude 12 and predictions of the visibility of space hardware, the ISS etc:

Heavens-Above Home Page

If you set up a login (free) and input your lat and long, it will show you the position / paths of these objects from your location.

Space hardware moves pretty quickly across the sky - I think the naked eye or binoculars are the best viewing tools.