Where, oh where, is M17?
Hey guys,
I was out last night looking at Sagittarius and Scorpius. I got a great look at M4, M6, M7, M22 and M8. Notice something missing there?
That's the thing, I could not find M17, no matter how long I looked and no matter how much I strained my neck. Is M17 much dimmer than M8?
I live in light-polluted skies, so does anyone know an effective way of finding M17, because it seems to be in a relatively small patch of empty sky. It would help if I could see nearby Scutum, but I can't.
If anyone could help me out, that would be great (trying to avoid arc minute and arc second talk, because it's still jargon to me at this stage).
Cheers.
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