Young Moon - 18th Apr 2026 #astronomy #astrophotography #luna #moon

M3 - Globular Cluster in Canes Venatici #zwoastro #seestar #astrophotography #seestar_s50 #cloughjordandarkskybowl #darksky #deepsky

M82 - Cigar Galaxy 12 million light years away in Ursa Major. The core is nearly 100 times brighter than the milky way. #nikon #skywatcher #astrophotography #seestar_s50 #darksky #deepsky #cloughjordandarkskybowl

M101 - Pinwheel Galaxy 21 million light years away in Ursa Major. #zwoastro #seestar #astrophotography #seestar_s50 #cloughjordandarkskybowl #darksky #deepsky

M31 - The Andromeda Galaxy One of our nearest galactic neighbours is about 2.5 million light years away and weighs in at around 1 trillion solar masses. #seestar_s50 #astronomy #astrophotography #darksky #deepsky #galaxy #andromeda #cloughjordandarkskybowl #cloughjordan

Star trails... Nikon Z30 - Viltrox 13mm @ f1.4 Approx 7 hours #astronomy #astrophotography #cloughjordan #nightscape #startrails #darksky #nikon_z30 #viltrox13mmf14

Well, that's just weird... Fake HDR of the full Worm Moon on 3rd March 2026 Nikon Z30 - Sigma 13mm @ f1.4 #astronomy #astrophotography #luna #moon #cloughjordan #nightscape #darksky #hdrphotography

Luna - full worm moon on 3rd March 2026 Nikon Z30 - Sigma 56mm @ f1.4 #nikon #sigma #astrophotography #nightscape #cloughjordan #luna #moon #darksky #astronomy

Clearest image ever taken of Pluto

Luna - 25th Feb 2026 Nikon Z30 - Skywatcher Skymax 127mm Maksutov #astrophotography #nightscape #cloughjordan #darksky #moon #luna #nikonuknordic #nikoneurope #skywatcherusa #sky_watcher_official

M 45 - Pleiades - AKA Seven Sisters An open star cluster situated about 440 lights years away. The local cluster actually contains up to 1000 fairly young stars. They glow bright blue and shine through nebulae - one of the jewels of the Winter sky. #astronomy #astrophotography #deepsky #darksky

M 13 - The Great Globular Cluster in the constellation Hercules. This tight cluster of stars is about 25,000 light years away from earth with an estimated 500,000 solar masses. #astronomy #astrophotography #darksky #deepsky #seestar_s50 #hercules #cloughjordandarkskybowl #cloughjordan

Caturday

A different perspective. Always helpful.

NGC 1499 - Dragon's Head Nebula - AKA California Nebula A large emission nebula in the constellation Perseus approx 1000 light years away. #astrophotography #astronomy #darksky #deepsky #cloughjordan #nebula

Star trails above the Cloughjordan Community Amphitheatre. #astrophotohraphy #astronomy #cloughjordan #darksky #startrails #nightscape

Pink moon - 1st April 2026 #astrophotography #nightscape #cloughjordan #darksky #NikonZ30 #nikkor50250

failing to look up we miss a world of wonder the sky waits anyway #haikufeels #Fail #Senryu #Haiku #Poetry #Micropoetry #JustWrite #Photography #Nature #Nightsky #Moon #ImageAndVerse #Haiga #EastCoastKin

A brilliant (or dim) initiative in Cloughjordan Ecovillage - dark sky friendly lighting scheme is now active. Every street needs this now! Collaboration between the community, Tipperary County Council, a lighting designer & biodiversity studies. #cloughjordanecovillage #darksky #nightscape #nightsky

Here's the center part of M44, imaged during the close #Mars pass last May. #Seestar S50 🔭 using framing to capture both the cluster and the planet.

M44 - Beehive Cluster 610 light years away in the constellation Cancer. It is an open cluster with approximately 1000 stars in the local group. Visible under dark skies or with binoculars, etc. #astrophotography #astronomy #deepsky #darksky #cloughjordandarkskybowl #beehivecluster #seestar_s50

M42 - Great Nebula in Orion Approximately 1270 light years away, this region of star formation is a naked eye object when visibility allows. The central area contains 4 young stars known as the trapezium. #astrophotography #astronomy #nebula #deepsky #darksky #m42 #cloughjordandarkskybowl

In Cloughjordan, North Tipperary or Offaly? Join the "Rescue Café - Escape Big Tech" organised by Grow Remote with myself and @darren-flynn.bsky.social as facilitators. Tue 28th April 7pm Django's Cloughjordan mobilizon.ie/events/cb80d...

NGC 7023 - The Iris Nebula. A dark reflection nebula in the Constellation Cepheus. This pale blue reflection nebula is named after the Iris flower. It is illuminated from within by a few bright stars giving it an eerie glow. #astrophotography #deepsky #darksky #seestar_s50 #nebula #cloughjordan

Star trails behind a beech tree. #astrophotography #darksky #cloughjordan #startrails #nightscape #cloughjordandarkskybowl

Mineral moon - the full Snow Moon in emphasised colour. The reddish-brown colour is Iron oxide, whilst the blueish colours are Aluminium and Titanium oxides.