M9 is a nice globular. It's a bit low in the sky for northern observers, but is a nice sight in a larger scope. It's tough to detect with anything less than 50mm binoculars. It's located about 20 degrees below the ecliptic and within the Milky Way, toward the right side. It's closer to the galactic core (5500 L.Y.) than most of the globulars and is about 25,800 light years from us. Being closer to the core, its moving away from us faster than most at about 140 miles per second. An interesting feature to the lower right of M9 is a relatively nearby dark cloud of interstellar material (Barnard 64) that blocks out the stars of the Milky Way behind it. That material also makes M9 appear only half as bright as it otherwise would be.

10" F6.3 Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope, (1600mm F.L.) Modified Canon 300D camera with Baader IR-UV filter and coma corrector, placed at the scopes prime focus
7 photos aligned and averaged together, then brightness, color, and contrast enhanced. Click on photo above for a full frame full rez image of the aligned and stacked picture
Each photo, 90 sec at ISO 800