These are known as 'Bodes Galaxy' and the 'Cigar Galaxy' they are in the constellation of Ursa Major. I have seen them before with my Skywatcher 130 reflector, but not easy to find.
On Tuesday the night sky was wonderful, so I set up the ST80 and SLS computerised mount to point at Ursa Major and try to image M81, M82, Whirlpool Galaxy and Pinwheel Galaxy.
Again, the SLT mount along with 'Starry Night' was superb! I managed to image all of these with the Canon 350D. The Pinwheel Galaxy and the Whirlpool Galaxy was a bit feint and needed more and maybe longer exposures, but i'm so pleased that I captured them!
I now need a lead for dslr shutter so that I can leave the computer to take continuous images for an hour without intervention.
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