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The Moon rising over Mullagh Lake, Cavan Camera: Nikon Z7iiLens: Sigma Art 24mm @ f2
18/10/2025

The Moon rising over Mullagh Lake, Cavan
Camera: Nikon Z7ii
Lens: Sigma Art 24mm @ f2

Sunset at the Hill of Tara.instagram.com/ak_instapix
18/08/2025

Sunset at the Hill of Tara.

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Palmtree Viewpoint Killiney
14/08/2025

Palmtree Viewpoint Killiney

A pano looking towards Howth last night.
12/08/2025

A pano looking towards Howth last night.

A view of the Moon rising over Howth from Portmarnock yesterday.
12/08/2025

A view of the Moon rising over Howth from Portmarnock yesterday.

The Pillars of Creation - M16My first attempt of processing James Webb data.
29/10/2022

The Pillars of Creation - M16
My first attempt of processing James Webb data.

M42 - The Orion NebulaOne of my favourite targets, I look forward to it every year.This is a mix of old and new data. Al...
23/10/2022

M42 - The Orion Nebula
One of my favourite targets, I look forward to it every year.
This is a mix of old and new data.
Almost 10 Hours with the William Optics GT71

The Heart Nebula (also known as the Running dog nebula), IC 1805, is some 7500 light years away from Earth and is locate...
15/10/2022

The Heart Nebula (also known as the Running dog nebula), IC 1805, is some 7500 light years away from Earth and is located in the Perseus Arm of the Galaxy in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was discovered by William Herschel on 3 November 1787. It is an emission nebula showing glowing ionized hydrogen gas and darker dust lanes.
The brightest part of the nebula (a knot at its western edge) is separately classified as NGC 896, because it was the first part of the nebula to be discovered. The nebula's intense output and its morphology are driven by the radiation emanating from a small group of stars near the nebula's center. This open cluster of stars, known as Collinder 26 or Melotte 15, contains a few bright stars nearly 50 times the mass of our Sun, and many more dim stars that are only a fraction of our Sun's mass.

Equipment:

William Optics GT71
Skywatcher HEQ5
ASI2600mm
14 Hours of data:
HA - 5 Hours x 5min Exp
SII - 4 Hours x 5min Exp
OIII - 5 Hours x 5min Exp
Processed in PixInsight

The Teddy BearSH2-171 is part of a bigger nebula, NGC 7822, in Cepheus. It is an emission nebula with elephant trunks, o...
15/10/2022

The Teddy Bear
SH2-171 is part of a bigger nebula, NGC 7822, in Cepheus. It is an emission nebula with elephant trunks, or pillars, carved by stellar winds of the hot bright stars within the nebula. However, to me, this nebula looks like a teddy bear staring straight at us from space. The two brightest stars are its eyes, it has large, round red ears, a brown nose, and an inverted V-shaped mouth line.

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