M1 is famous as the first object on Messier's list, as the remanent of a
famous supernova, and it's an astrophysicist's playground, but it's by
no means visually spectacular. On nights when the transparency isn't
too good, it's very difficult. With my C8, I've never seen a hint of
any of the lacey filamentary structure so prominent on photographs. Try
the stunt with moving the scope a bit to see if you can see any
"movement," and use averted vision. Once you think you might have
spotted it, try a higher power, (within reason,) to darken the sky a
bit. Look for a little grey cloud about the shape of a roast turkey.
Marty