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Its always best to keep an eye on forums such as this! As bright comets can unexpectedly turn up and although Comet 8P/ Tuttle has been around for the last couple of months in the Southern Skies there has been plenty of discussion about it. Being a well known periodic comet, unless it goes through an outburst it won't generally pull much interest other than those interested in comets already.
Glad you found it!! If you really wanted to you could sketch what you see through the eyepiece (comet and background stars) and do it again a few hours later and you'll actually notice it moving! Great way to keep the interest going!

Alternatively you could subscribe to Yahoo Comets Group mailing list, or visit www.comethunter.de for updated discoveries and observations of comets.
The Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams website also has updated information on Novae and Asteroids etc. http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/iau/cbat.html