Paramount Observatory is a private project of Les Girvan, to allow me to show some of the astronomy activity I undertake from our home location in Liverpool, UK
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I’ll be looking forward to this in September! 🌙
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You can still sign up for our career webinar and learn about work opportunities at ESO for optical, electrical, electronics, laser/photonics, instrumentation, software and system engineers!
🗓️ 23 January
⏰ 15:00 CET
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Getting set up for Astro event @The_Palmhouse free event open to everyone
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Our beautiful Moon
Tuesday 28th November 2023 7:15pm
On the left is the Seestar S50 photo
On the right is the Dobsonian & iPhone image
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At last a nice clear night, could have done without the Moon though, still managed a few targets starting with the Flaming sea nebula (IC405, top centre) with IC410 below. 1/2
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TODAY!
Our march will begin at 1.45pm at Williamson Square, with a stop outside the Sugar House Steps to hear from survivors at 2.30pm, and finish at Mann Island. You can join in at any point along the route. #NoExcuseForAbuse
Find out more: bit.ly/MarchWithSaveraUK
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It’s been a wonderful afternoon celebrating the 70th Anniversary of The Society for Popular Astronomy
Brilliant talks by Prof Lucie Green, Richard J Goodrich & Robin Scagell.
Many thanks to @FLO_UK & @wolvasuk for supporting the event 🌙⭐️
@popastro
@Dr_Lucie
@Dave_StarGeezer – at West Midlands, England
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NGC6888 taken @KellingHeath last week, just 12 minutes in total (dodging cloud) IC4996 also in this image (top, close to centre) #Astrophotography
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Day after yesterday's wind fest!
Blessed with another clear night and it's much calmer 🙏👍2 hrs in on IC5146 and the skies are DARK, let's see how far I can take things tonight? 😉 Here's a 3 minute Ha sub!
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My latest photo from the backyard is a supernova remnant known as LBN 576 📷
This image includes a whopping 19 hours of total exposure time, which (I think) is my most, ever!
Camera: bit.ly/3ISZcsY
Telescope: bit.ly/3OD9gdo
Mount: bit.ly/3OK6Vxj
ALT The Garlic Head Nebula
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NASA astronaut Frank Rubio shares what he will miss most about life aboard the space station. #AskNASA
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The Head of the Swan
This is Albireo, a famous optical double star that forms the head of the constellation Cygnus. Captured in natural colors with my scope, what appears to be a single star to the naked eye easily resolves into the striking double star with contrasting colors.
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Júpiter en dos momentos de la noche ( 1 a.m. y 2 a.m. UTC)
Arriba, con su luna Ganimedes y, abajo, con sus lunas Ío y Ganimedes.
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#MissionToPsyche Checklist:
✅ A multispectral imager
✅ A gamma-ray and neutron spectrometer
✅ A magnetometer
These are the three dedicated instruments on #MissionToPsyche that will help us explore the asteroid's secrets. Let's dive into each of them:
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"Planet X" may have left our Solar System billions of years ago. Intriguing @SkyandTelescope article by @elakdawalla skyandtelescope.org/astronom…