Theatre Hipparchus

Messier 81 82

Spectacular galaxies dominate the March imaging calendar. Our first capture involves using the planetarium program Starry Night Pro+ to calculate the angle and position. In this case the CCD has to be turned to 60 degrees. A tight fit.  

Here is the actual image:

SXV H9C 300 minutes Maxim DL, Photoshop

Next stop Messier 51. I kept the same angle for this series and I should be able to stack up about 10 hours for this target.