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..
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...
IC 434 – The Horshead Nebula I was surprised to get this shot. I’ve tried to obtain it a few times using a Sac10 but never had any luck. The QHY 6 is WAY more sensitive though..
M42 and NGC 19777 – Orion and the Running Man Finally! This is a composition I tried to capture on a few occasions with my Sac10 CCD imager. Never had much luck because the SAC was not very..
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,..
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..
