Canon 60Da Announced Well here’s something I never expected to happen. This morning Canon announced a new arrival to it’s DSLR line. 70D? 7D MkII? nope, it’s a 60Da, a..
Aasleagh Falls Aasleagh Falls on the Erriff river, just outside of Leenane. May be familiar to those who have seen “The Quiet Man”, starring John Wayne and..
Jupiter LRGB Believe it or not this is the first time I have ever made a planetary image in LRGB. Finally making use of that Atik filter wheel I bought a..
The Flame Nebula and the Horsehead It seems to be an age since I was out with the telescope but we finally had a clear night this weekend, albeit one with a high waxing crescent...
Building a Dob Mount Here’s an interesting problem. One of the guys at our local club (The Galway Astronomy Club) has a Skywatcher 6 inch F8 telescope provided on an..
Giant Sunspot Group AR1339 For the first time in years we have a sunspot group that is visible to the (shielded) naked eye. AR1339 is 3 times wider than the Earth and a..
A View of the Summer Milky Way Taken in early September with a modded 450D. There was a short clear spell this night so I rushed out with mount and camera, used a 17-55 f2.8 @..
ALMA Sees First Light The Atacama large milllimetre/submillimetre array (Alma) – one of the most advanced telescopes ever built. After 8 years it has finally seen first..
Special Relativity in Jeopardy Not strictly as astronomy but certainly affects it in a big way. A few days ago physicists at the OPERA (Oscillation Project with Emulsion-tRacking..
