Last Friday night, I woke up about 1:00 in the morning, so peeked outside and saw the sky was clear. Couldn't help myself. I put on my robe and grabbed my astronomy binocular. Ophiuchus was perfectly placed for observing, so I thought I would try my hand at some globular clusters from my patio, light pollution and all. (Hey, I'm not about to walk over to the park in my bathrobe!) By very careful navigating and using all my best deep-sky techniques, I picked up M10 and even M12 in my Nikon 10x70, though both were a challenge, even for that fine binocular. M9, however, eluded me. Guess I will have to get dressed and head over to the park for that binocular object.