I've never found anywhere better for a Northern horizon. Those hills to the N are only about 8-12 degrees high - you can see M97 at right time of year.
I was hoping to bag a few frames of M51 and a few other low Messier objects early in the night. Astroplanner has it transiting at 18:07, with altitude of 15 degrees at 7pm - doesn't get a lot higher than that. I'd love to see what your new toys would show of M51 Robin. And the hills taper down a bit to the NW....
JJJ - new toys... OOOOOOooooo!!!
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