Wicklow Skies

Wicklow Skies Astrophotography and landscape photography as a hobby.

M82 from 2 nights ago. Also known as the Cigar Galaxy, is a starburst galaxy approximately 12 million light-years away i...
28/05/2026

M82 from 2 nights ago. Also known as the Cigar Galaxy, is a starburst galaxy approximately 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Captured with C11 XLT telescope, reduced to f/6.3. ZWO 585mc Pro camera. Guided OAG with 174mm Mini. Just a tad under 2 hours worth of photons went into this one. Hope you like it!

Crazy looking sky out there. Looks like thunderstorms moving in off the Irish Sea. Have seen one small flash of lightnin...
27/05/2026

Crazy looking sky out there. Looks like thunderstorms moving in off the Irish Sea. Have seen one small flash of lightning already.

Well, I hope everyone had a fantastic summer. We will always remember Summer 2026 as a scorcher. How many days until Chr...
27/05/2026

Well, I hope everyone had a fantastic summer. We will always remember Summer 2026 as a scorcher. How many days until Christmas?

Some Lunar closeups from last night. I had higher hopes for the seeing given the high pressure but I think being setting...
26/05/2026

Some Lunar closeups from last night. I had higher hopes for the seeing given the high pressure but I think being setting up on molten tarmac after a day in the Sun might have something to do with it too 🤣. Anyways, first up Copernicus crater with the day/night terminator cutting across, keeping most of the crater floor in darkness. Second is Rupes Recta, aka 'the straight wall', a linear fault, stretching over 110 km. Then last but not least, my favourite trio of craters, Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus and Arzachel, who decrease in both size and age from north to south making an interesting collective Asymmetry.

Celestron C11 XLT, ZWO 585mc Pro, Baader 685nm, mounted on a Skywatcher AZEQ6-GT.

Telescope mount back working again, so what better way to get it back to work than pointing the C11 at the Moon.
25/05/2026

Telescope mount back working again, so what better way to get it back to work than pointing the C11 at the Moon.

Someone forgot to press the 'Activate Chemtrail' button. Fine incoming. Wait... They all forgot to press it today. What'...
24/05/2026

Someone forgot to press the 'Activate Chemtrail' button. Fine incoming. Wait... They all forgot to press it today. What's going on? 🫪

Last night's sunset 👌🏻
30/04/2026

Last night's sunset 👌🏻

Good man Alan
29/04/2026

Good man Alan

🦢 The Swan over Wicklow Head 🌌Cygnus the Swan within the Milky Way, framed by the silhouette of Wicklow Head Lighthouse....
24/04/2026

🦢 The Swan over Wicklow Head 🌌

Cygnus the Swan within the Milky Way, framed by the silhouette of Wicklow Head Lighthouse.

Those pink clouds are Hα (hydrogen-alpha) emission nebulae, vast stellar nurseries where new stars are being born thousands of light-years away. The North America Nebula and the Sadr region are both glowing in this frame.

📷 Canon EOS RP (full spectrum mod)
🔭 Tracked sky blended with untracked foreground
📍 Wicklow Head

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21/04/2026

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