M45 – The Pleiades Here’s a capture of the gorgeous M45 cluster (“the Pleiades” or “Seven Sisters”) taken last November. Showing up quite a bit of nebulosity in here...
M42 Captured Again Update: very chuffed to have this image shown on Brian Cox and Dara O’Brian’s Stargazing Live show on the BBC 😉 Yet another Greater Orion Nebula..
Vignetting Well the 5D MkIII is in and I’ve recently been trying it on my refractor. After a few shots of M33 something was obviously amiss. Previous..
The Castle and the Stars Now for something a bit different. I’ve had my Astrotrac for over a year now but have barely used it until recently due to work commitments or..
Leo Fires over Spiddal – Leonid Fireball A small Leonid fireball in the wee hours of the morning. Taken from Trá Mór, Spiddal, Galway at around 4:45am – Sunday 18th. One of the few meteors..
The Golden Galway Boat Pretty little boat at this year’s Cruinniu na mBád in Kinvara, Galway. Dungaire Castle way off in the distant background.
Google Buys Nic! Well here’s a turn up for the books. Following Facebook’s attack on the photo sharing market Google has purchased one of the big photo plugin..
