M105 etc, M51, M82 and Backyard Setup

[Kepler 3]

Hi,

My backyard has really bad light pollution, but I've wanted to be able to do observing without having to, at my age, drive out of town and set up-so I set things up last night in my back yard. I have a 6" C6 SCT with f/6.4 reducer, an Orion Atlas mount and an Atik Infinity monochrome camera. I set it up outside of my office area and decided to give it a try. I used SharpCap Pro to get my polar alignment done accurately and a 3-point stat alignment-all of which I hooked up to my computer with USG cables (you can see my office setup in attached photo). I used Stellarium with some success but had to rely on my iphone StarSeek app-which works fine. I had a great time last night-was comfortable and able to brew a cup pf tea while one of my images was stacking-what luxury. I captured M105/NGC3384/NGC3389 20s exposure x 20 stacks, M51 25s x13, and M82 20s x 22. I also observed other fainter objects in Leo with less success-pretty washed out. I have ordered a UHC filter and will try to block out more of the light pollution (my yard borders on a public park with a bright sodium lamp 50' away). I just wanted to share this-I think it's going to work. I plan on doing some spectroscopy with an Alpy 600, so, hopefully, the light pollution wont be such a problem.  

Thanks

Dick