Limerick Astronomy Club

Agreed!
Conn, did you do any post prossing of the shot in photoshop to
remove light pollution or is that the natural state of your skies?

Yip, I'll be heading up also.
What are the dates this year lads?

Merry Christmas all!

I'm in!
Dave, do you think we can have a go at Mars with the the webcam thru the 20'' up there?

Great shots Conn.
The Orion nebula looks very well.
The colour is very good and you did well not to over expose the trapizium.
Please post up some more if you have them!

It's an awesome shot aright.
Did you read about how he went about getting it.
It's an interesting read.

John, the weather although clear all day was going to get cloudy as there was a front fast moving in from the NW. We headed out all the same. I wanted to test out the refurb I did on the ETX so I so I set that up. I managed to see Mars in the 5'' and club 12''. It was very low down. I was going to g...

As Dave says, they are 'dust doughnuts', vey common and very annoying, especially if you are taking any shots near twilight or dawn. There are ways to remove them in post processing but the techinques are convoluted and (for me) not warranted. I usually photoshop them out but I gues the best way to ...

Actually what I reckon it really caused it now was dew forming on the center of the lens.
I really need to get a lens hood!

Thanks John, I have updated the site.

ps did anyone catch Venus and the Cresent Moon ths morning - quite spectacular. Sure did John! See here: http://shannonsideastronomy.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=86 As for Holmes. I've been observing it closeley since the outburst (weather permitting) and I am now convinved there is an elongation vis...

I was up early this morning to catch the last pass of the undocked space shuttle Discovery & ISS. The scene was truly amazing. I hadn't planned on photographing it as I reckoned it would be too bright to record the Shuttle / ISS trails and get the planets also but I couldn't get over how bright Merc...

Only messin,
although it would have made a neat mount for the scope you just sold!

Are you tempted Dave?

Yip, thats what I paid for mine last year.
I hope this years batch are of better build quality.