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I'll be exhibiting the 400 Orion Mosaic and the new 100 Hour Galactic Centre Mosaic at the Galway Astronomy Festival in Galway on the 30th of Jan.Both of these will be framed with Art Glass at a very large format. You'll be able to walk right into the image and see the high resolution data that has gone into creating these pictures.Details can be found @ https://www.galwayastronomyclub.ie.

I'll be returning to the Kerry Dark Skies for another DSLR Astrophotography Workshop scheduled for the 16th of Jan 2016.

At the end of 2015, just a quick note to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and New Year!It was a hectic year but it was wonderful to meet and chat with so many of you at my various talks and exhibitions! I'm looking forward to an exciting 2016 with lots more on the horizon - more details in the upcoming posts!Finally, a big thanks to everyone who purchased prints of my photos this year!

I had a very successful trip inside the Arctic Circle to Tromso, Norway, in Mid November to photograph and view the Northern lights. While we had some cloud on the first few nights, I had managed to scout a great white sandy beach on the West Coast near Sommoray on one of the nights.I returned on my last night to the beach and witnessed a beautiful Auroral display. On one of the mornings, I made a time lapse movie showing how the Sunrise to Sunset at this time of the year only lasts 3.5 hours, with the Sun only reaching...

This coming Saturday (October 3rd), I've been invited in for a chat with Jonathan McCrea on the excellent FUTUREPROOF Science & Technology show at 12-1pm on Newstalk Radio 106-108 FM.I'll be discussing my photography and talking about the Astrophotography Awards from the Royal Observatory Greenwich London.Please tune in if you can, but if you miss it, I'll add a link to the podcast afterwards! :)UPDATE: The FUTUREPROOF interview was cancelled - hopefully it can be re-arranged for a future date in 2016