Hook Head Milky Way: Michael Legris took this image from Hook Head peninsula, Co Wexford
Four Planets: Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn pictured by John McKeon in Swords, Co DublinAuroral Reflections: This beautiful aurora display was taken over Downings, Co Donegal (Pic: Brendan Alexander)Blue Sky Moon: This image taken in Monasterevin, Co Kildare shows the moon rising from shadow through the blue sky of day. (Pic: Michael O'Connell)Diamond Ring: The diamond ring effect, seconds before totality during a solar eclipse trip to Turkey (Pic: Dave Lillis)The Elephant's Trunk: A concentration of interstellar gas and dust, about 2,400 light years away from Earth (Pic: Brendan Kinch, taken in southeast Spain)The Flame Nebula & Horsehead Nebula: Taken in Glasnevin, Dublin about 1,500 light years distant (Pic: John Dolan)Jupiter: The fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the solar system. Taken by Aiden Dunne in Co WestmeathInternational Space Station: This image was taken in a back garden in Balbriggan, Co Dublin by Carl O'BeirneM42 H-alpha: The Orion Nebula taken by Carl O'Beirne in Balbriggan, Co DublinCentral Milky Way: The centre of our galaxy, taken from Mangrove Mountain, New South Wales (Pic: John O'Mahony)