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Originally Posted by mental4astro
Sab, please, only ment with "poorer" as if it were in any other constellation, it would get mentioned more! Sheesh,  .
Love the Jewel Box sketch. Ta. |
M8 just seems disappointing compared to M17. The former has far lower surface brightness than the latter and can only be seen to good effect from darker locations. M17 however exposes a great amount of detail in any moderate sized scope that M8 lacks.
M17 is one of the most underrated DSOs out there.