So what’s going on? Anyone who follows the blog probably noticed that there haven’t been any updates for a while (apart from the M27 I posted this morning). Reason..
M81 M82 Finally capture this galactic couple! M82 has always been one of my favourite galaxies. Living in light polluted Salthill, it is also just about..
M13 The Great Hercules Cluster Been too busy to make an use of our unusually clear nights recently but the forecast is not good for the coming week so I took the opportunity to..
The Leo Triplet Got lucky with the weather last night. Despite a cloudy forecast it was very clear in between some hazy patches so I imaged M65, M66 & NGC 3628,..
Proms Proms Proms! It’s a pity we’re at solar minimum at the moment. The solar disc has be quieter than I have ever seen – not a thing happening there. We have been..
M51 The Whirlpool Galaxy Haven’t been doing much deepsky recently but I took a shot at it last night as M51 is so well placed at the moment. I love this object. Shows up..
Galactic beauts. A trip back in time. Well, it’s just another shotof M81 and M82. With a bit of a difference this time because I finally got enough data to bring out parts of the M81s..
The Fiery Sun from the 1st of March Well, the PST was finally returned from the Meade factory in Germany. In fact it was completely replaced in order to fix the oxidation issue on the..
The Evening Star Venus is back in the evening sky. Incredibly bright at whopping magnitude of -4, but is usually quite disappointing telescopically due to it’s low..
The Death of a Sun The Death of a Sun For those of you who are interested in the fate of our Sun here’s a chance to look into the future. Well, sort of. Hubble has..
