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..
Giant Sunspot Group AR1476 The enormous AR1476 sunspot group has been cracking with A and C class flares over the last few days. Like AR1339 this one is visible with the..
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..
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...
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..
