This section of the Milky Way on the
border of Sagittarius and Scorpius is low in the
south for mid-northern latitudes. But if you have a clear view of the southern horizon from a dark
location on a late summer evening, the two open clusters Messier 6 (right of
center) and Messier 7 (bottom center) can be seen without optical aid,
appearing as two small fuzzy patches below the large sections of the Milky Way
to the upper left. Through a good
pair of binoculars, the two clusters appear just about as they do in this
photograph.