M8 with binos?

"Mirfak" wrote in message ...
Under very dark skies, with no moon, can you see M8 with a good pair of
7x50's?

On an unrelated note, since April, I've had requests from no fewer than 4
people to conduct an observing session so that they can see Mars, which,
in July/August '05, "will be closer to Earth than it's ever been in human
history." Two of those people said that they heard this on NPR. The
other two got it from spam email. Has anyone else here encountered this
misinformation?

yes, I have read it on usenet, and received it by email. it is just an echoe of the messages
flying around in 2003.