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After another imaging trip to France in August, I managed to continue capturing the RGB data for the Galactic Center project that I'm under-going. While I didn't get enough clear nights to collect all that I needed, the next 2 Rows are almost complete, and more of Rows 5 and 6 are ready for blending.After the Galactic Center set, myself and Olly turned 3 Takahashi FSQ106s with full frame CCDs on the beautiful Van Den Bergh 14 and 15 reflection nebula, and the accompanying Sharpless 202 Emission nebula.This photo is a 33hr image of Hydrogen Alpha, Luminance, and RGB data...

In September, the world's leading Planetary Astrophotographer, Damian Peach, gave an excellent lecture at the 'Scopes and Space' shop in Dublin.It was a full house, and Damian was signing copies of his newly released DVD on Planetary Imaging and Processing.As well as picking up a DVD, and getting my copy of "Lessons from the Masters" signed, I also managed to nab him for a quick photo! :)

I've been invited to run an exhibition and workshop by the Kerry International Dark Sky Reserve.On the Friday, 31st of October at Tech Amergin Arts Centre Waterville, I'll be giving a lecture on Astrophotography and displaying some Framed Images of my work.The following day, the 1st of November, I'll be running a Beginner's Workshop on DSLR Imaging. Weather permitting when its gets dark, we'll venture outside and try to put into practice what we learned in the workshop.In the workshop, we'll learn the basics of the cameras settings, and how to take your first astrophotos. We'll talk about equipment, techniques...

I'm happy to say that I've completed the Luminance for the 6x5 Galactic Centre project that I'm currently working on! This is a 6x5 Full Frame Widefield Mosaic of the Galactic Centre that stretches from The Globular Cluster M22 in the bottom left to Barnards 72 Snake nebula in the bottom right, all the way up to Eagle nebula in the top left, and across to the star fields of Ophiuchi in the top right.The focal length is 530mm, and the total area covers approximately 18 degrees x 15 degrees of the sky. I have 3 rows of RGB data...

I'll be giving an all day workshop in the upstairs room of the Scopes and Space shop in Airside (directions), on Saturday the 26th of July 2014!This is a free workshop starting at 12 noon and lasting approx. 5 hours. The workshop is intended for those wanting to learn about the Image Processing involved in making Deep Sky Astro photographs. I'll be discussing the equipment required (DSLRs and CCDs) and will explain how to take darks and flats, and how they are used to calibrate the Deep Sky shots. From there I'll run through the s/w processing of the stacked images to...