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Jas
A good habit to get into (and please take this as advice, not a criticism) is to use correct designations for objects. I assume when you say the Butterfly Neb you are referring to Messier 6 also known as the butterfly cluster. Many objects have popular names (Bug nebulae, Andromeda Galaxy, Pinwheel galaxy etc) but it always helps to use a catalogue designation. This makes it clear what object you are talking about and is a way of improving your own knowledge. My habit is to use the Messier designation or NGC/IC and put the popular name in brackets.
Anyway, if it is M6 (Butterfly Cluster) it is the smaller of the two Messier clusters lying east of the Stinger in Scorpius's tail, M7 is often visble naked eye and M6 is easy to spoy in a finder pretty much in the same field but condsiderably smaller and fainter.
I have attached a quick chart showing their positions
Malcolm
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