M4 - I Spy the Cat's Eye

Tonight we poked around Scorpio until we found the Cat's Eye, or M4. This was one of the faintest objects to date that we have observed. We started by zeroing in on Antares, and then moved our telescope to the west and a little to the south. It was a clear night and quite calm. We observed from the comfort of our light-polluted back yard. We also revisited some favorites. We observed the dumbbell nebula in our dobsonian, along with M8, and M21.