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This has been a productive year where I managed to get multiple nights out on the West coast shooting some iconic foregrounds. In January I went back to Three Castle Head Cork to try and get Cygnus over the Castle Towers, with the Lake in the foreground. This is 24 minutes of Sky with added Hydrogen Alpha data of 40 minutes, blended with a four minute foreground shot for the Lake and Castle Towers. Cygnus is the Latin name for the Swan, so with the Lake in the foreground, the title seems appropriate.

Initially postponed due to Storm Eowyn, the festival is back on for the 8th of Feb. I'll be exhibiting my latest from 2024, in framed format with prints available. 2024 was a great year with a Total Solar Eclipse, 2 Aurora outbursts, and some Wild Atlantic Way Coastal nightscapes to show too. Hopefully see you there. More details are here in the website: https://www.galwayastronomyclub.ie/astrofest-2025/    

I'll be exhibiting at Art Source in the RDS Dublin for the first time this November. I'll be part of 100 artists showing their work over the three days. My work will be showing pictures from Aurora to Deep Sky Galaxies. Prints will be available on the stand, and framed pictures on sale too. You'll find me at L17 in the Serpentine hall. https://www.artsource.ie/

Having taken my annual holidays in Ireland in August, I followed the Sun around the country and managed a few night shoots. Here is a 4 pane mosaic from Dunquin Pier on the Dingle Peninsula Kerry. This is a a very popular daytime spot and is always busy with photographers around Sunset. It doubles up as an excellent location for a night shoot, given the wonderful foreground, but its also in a very dark sky area, with almost zero light pollution, which allows good detail of the stars and Milky Way to be captured. The Green of the Air Glow...

On the 8th of April there was a Total Solar Eclipse that crossed the Pacific Ocean off Mexico, traversed the USA, into Canada, before setting over the Atlantic Ocean. After switching plans based on the last minute weather reports, I decided on Vermont instead of Dallas. While totally overcast in the few days before the eclipse, there were clear skies all day, right up to the eclipse. Some slight high thin cloud did pass by just before the totality, but thankfully this was not enough to prevent spectacular views of the Corona. The Eclipse lasted 3mins 17s from my location,...