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We're Liverpool Astronomical Society, founded in 1881. Our (Latin) motto is "Sic Itur Ad Astra", which means "Thus, The Way To The Stars." Our goal is to advance, promote, inform, inspire and educate on the science of astronomy and associated sciences.

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Liverpool Astronomical Society (main account) @liverpoolas.org · 25/12/2025
Merry Christmas all!
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Bortle 3 skies, and the view is unreal. broadband shot of M8, the Lagoon Nebula, It's a complex mix of glowing magenta gas, intricate dark dust lanes, and the brilliant sparkle of the open cluster NGC 6530.✨ #astrophotography @hasungazer.bsky.social #StormHour #MoonHour @liverpoolas.org #space
 Bortle 3, but M8 still put on a show! My broadband shot of the Lagoon Nebula came out better than expected. Love this complex mix of glowing magenta gas, the intricate dark dust lanes, and the brilliant sparkle of the NGC 6530 cluster. ✨ #astrophotography #space
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
What a great choice for Astronomer Royal 🙌🔭 #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space #lookup @liverpoolas.org www.bbc.com/news/article...
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UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years
Prof Michele Dougherty is the first woman to be appointed to the influential post.
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Processed data from last night's Eastern Veil Nebula Telescope: William Optics Z73 Focal Length: 430mm F5.6 Camera: ZWO ASI533MC PRO Filters: Optolong L-eXtreme Exposure: 50 x 180s Gain: 120 #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour #lookup @liverpoolas.org
Telescope: William Optics Z73 
Camera: ZWO ASI533MC PRO
Filters: Optolong L-eXtreme
Exposure: 50 x 180s
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
So have finished processing the 1st nights data of #cometlemmon from 1/11/25 this is created from 190 x 15s images stacked and blended. Thanks for suggestion from @flyinghabu.bsky.social enjoy ☄️ #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour #lookup @liverpoolas.org
Comet lemmonComet lemmon
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Time to make the most of this clear window! Getting ready to capture the breathtaking, vibrant filaments of the Western Veil #Nebula (NGC6960). It's a remnant of a massive star's death, and truly one of the sky's masterpieces. ​What's your favorite nebula? 👇 #Astrophotography @liverpoolas.org
3 minute narrowband image of the supernova remnant NGC 6960, featuring complex filaments of ionized gas rendered in a vibrant blue-green (Oxygen) and red (Hydrogen) color palette.
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Short video of the live stacking, enjoy ✨ #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour #lookup @liverpoolas.org
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Gazing at the Ring Nebula #M57 tonight! 🌌 This cosmic smoke ring, a dying star's farewell, is a beautiful reminder of the universe's cycle of birth and death, one of my favourite DSO objects. #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour #lookup @liverpoolas.org
Ah, the Ring Nebula, M57! Just gazing at its ethereal beauty through a telescope sparks the imagination, doesn't it? But let's really dream for a moment, casting aside the current limitations of our technology and knowledge. What could the future hold for our understanding and exploration of this cosmic marvel?
Imagine, if you will, a future where we have developed sophisticated, autonomous probes capable of traversing interstellar distances in a reasonable timeframe. Picture one such probe, equipped with sensors far beyond our current capabilities, gently maneuvering through the glowing tendrils of M57.
What secrets would it unveil? Could it map the three-dimensional structure of the nebula with unprecedented accuracy, revealing intricate knots and filaments we can only hint at now? Perhaps it could analyze the precise elemental composition at various points, giving us a much clearer picture of the dying star's final contributions to the cosmos.
And what about the central white dwarf? Imagine a probe that could safely approach its intense gravity and radiation, perhaps even deploying tiny, resilient sensors onto its surface. What exotic states of matter might we discover under such extreme conditions? Could we learn more about the processes that lead to the formation of these stellar remnants?
Beyond robotic exploration, let's really stretch our minds. What if future generations develop technologies that allow for human presence in such environments? Imagine a research outpost orbiting the white dwarf, shielded from its radiation, where scientists could directly observe the nebula's evolution in real-time. Perhaps they could even deploy advanced instruments to manipulate the nebula on a small scale, allowing for controlled experiments to test our astrophysical models.
Think even further! Could we one day harness the energy released by such dying stars? It's a long shot, of course, but what if the intense radiation and magnetic fields could be safely channeled for s…
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
So been able to get 2 full nights now on the Drako Triplet, here's both nights images 5hrs then 10hrs #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour #lookup @liverpoolas.org
10 hrs of Drako triplet5 hrs Drako Triplet
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Done a quick stack and process of the Drako Triplet from last night, 1 lenticular in NGC5981 2 elliptical in NGC5982 3 NGC5985 a barred spiral Will get another night of data tonight. #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour #lookup @liverpoolas.org
The Drako triplet
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Such short nights now, only about 2 hours of astronomical darkness currently and getting shorter 😔 Here's my image of the sunflower galaxy from last month with 4 hrs of data. #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour #lookup @liverpoolas.org
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Inspired to go for the Draco triplet as we come to the end of #Galaxy season, so going to get a couple of nights on this interesting collection. #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour #lookup @liverpoolas.org
The Draco triplet
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Looking for the next available clear night to run our next #livestream of the Sky at Night magazine's Deep Sky Tour for May. Subscribe and select reminder to see when it will occur: @liverpoolas.org #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space youtube.com/@paramountob...
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Paramount Observatory
Welcome to the 'Paramount Observatory' YouTube channel. Paramount Observatory is a private project of Les Girvan, to allow me to show some of the astronomy activity I undertake from our home locatio...
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HiRISE Beautiful Mars (NASA) @uahirise.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Sunrise to Sunset on the Martian Mimetolith This particular mesa acquired a certain notoriety when an image was captured by the Viking 1 orbiter on 25 July 1976. The shadows cast across the feature created a pareidolic perception of a human face. More: uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_08... #Mars
A digital terrain model of the (in)famous "Face on Mars" further reveals that it's really a large, eroded hill of a type called "mimetolith". (NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona)
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
With clear skies, I was able to get over 4hrs on #M63 the 'Sunflower Galaxy'. Located about 27 million light-years away. Its bright yellow core and spiraling arms dotted with young blue stars make it a photogenic beauty. #Astrophotography #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour @liverpoolas.org
Whirlpool vibes in the cosmos! 🌀 Check out this image of M63, the Sunflower Galaxy, located about 27 million light-years away. Its bright yellow core and spiraling arms dotted with young blue stars make it a truly photogenic beauty.
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 24/04/2025
A spell of much warmer weather is on the way next week 📈 As the jet stream becomes more amplified this weekend, a 'blocked' weather pattern will develop across northwest Europe - but how long this lasts for is uncertain
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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
i love that we got 4 new hubble images today and we still continue to get more after 35 years 🥹 hubble really is the little telescope that could!!!
Composite shows four Hubble images in quarters. At top left is a crisp view of Mars in shades of orange, blues, and browns. At top right is planetary nebula NGC 2899, which is shaped like a single macaroni noodle, with its central torus appearing semi-transparent and blue and green, and its top and bottom edges in orange. At bottom left is a tiny portion of the Rosette Nebula. Very dark gray material shaped like a triangle takes up the center. At bottom right is barred spiral galaxy NGC 5335 with a milky yellow center that forms a bar surrounded by multiple blue star-filled spiral arms that wrap up counterclockwise.
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David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
A bit of a reprocess of last night's Mars and the Beehive pic. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
Star cluster the Beehive at left of centre. Orange planet Mars above right of centre. Many faint star dots on a dark background.
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Liverpool Astronomical Society (main account) @liverpoolas.org · 24/04/2025
A great talk from yesterday which you can still watch in full
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 23/04/2025
The Hubble Space Telescope turns 35 this week. To celebrate, here's one of its most iconic photographs: the Pillars of Creation. These pillars are actually star-forming regions of gas and dust, and from top to bottom are more than FIVE LIGHTYEARS tall—farther than the distance to our nearest star.
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Neal Gibson @nealteamgibson.bsky.social · 11/05/2024
Adjacent lectures rooms at University of Liverpool; ancient skills and astronomy I’m currently between Rocks and Hard Space
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European Space Agency @esa.int · 01/04/2025
"Preventing the addition of new debris is no longer sufficient. We must now actively clean up the space environment to halt the onset of a chain reaction that could render heavily utilised regions unusable. Immediate and decisive action is necessary." Read the ESA Space Environment Report 2025 👇
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Jenny Shipway @jennyshipway.bsky.social · 01/11/2023
BIG NEWS for all UK Astonomy/Space outreachers and non-formal communicators. We have a new email list! A friendly supportive space for sharing ideas, resources, successes, and training opportunities (incl. upcoming free online events from ASDC and RAS). Sign up at www.jiscmail.ac.uk/astromailbox
A colourful flyer, giving the title and link, other text reads "New email discussion group for astronomy/space communicators. Bullet point list: University Outreach; Amateaur Astronomers; Planetarians; Non-Formal Educators; Activity Leaders. Share Resources - Get Tips - Find Information & Training - Tell Stories - Ask Questions - Give Advice - Share Successes.
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Done a cleanup and new stack of #Jupiter taken 27/02/2025 18:59 GMT from backyard #ParamountObservatory #Liverpool #UK #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour #lookup @liverpoolas.org
Jupiter and its moons Europa lower far left, Io, left of jupiter
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Liverpool Astronomical Society (main account) @liverpoolas.org · 24/04/2025
Our free, public lectures continue tomorrow evening with Prof. Julian Onions PhD FRAS of the University of Nottingham (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social) & his talk, "Crazy Interstellar Rockets!" No need to book. Details: liverpoolas.org/event/monthl... #astronomy #outreach #rockets #lecture #liverpool
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Monthly Meeting: Dr. Julian Onions – “Crazy Interstellar Rockets!”
About This Meeting Our guest speaker for April 2025 is Dr. Julian Onions, of the University of Nottingham, and he will be giving us a talk about:
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
During our recent period of clear skies I was able to gather lots of time #M81 #Bodes #Galaxy At its core lies a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of around 70 million times that of our Sun! #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour #lookup @liverpoolas.org
M81 Bodes spiral galaxy
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
I have edited our ' Galaxy Quest' live stream down to a short 2 minute edit. All 6 Objects in detail: youtu.be/XHnEyMtHw_E?... #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour #lookup @liverpoolas.org
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Sky at Night Deep Sky tour April 2025 Live Event Edit
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Have been able to spend more time today working on last night's image of #M51 with over 9 hrs of integration, I have been able to pull out a lot more detail and colour. (More details in Alt) #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour #lookup @liverpoolas.org
M51 the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51), captured with an ASI533MC Pro camera and a broadband filter, is the result of meticulously stacking 115 individual exposures, each lasting 300 seconds (5 minutes). This deep integration time, totaling over 9.5 hours of exposure, allows for the collection of a significant amount of faint light, revealing intricate details that would be invisible in shorter exposures.

This deep, color image, achieved through careful acquisition and processing of a significant amount of data, provides a rich and detailed view of the majestic Whirlpool Galaxy and its interacting companion.
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Another clear night here in #Liverpool, #UK so decided to spent the night on #M51 the Whirlpool galaxy. The galaxy is surrounded by a dark, rich, cosmic background filled with faint galaxies and the light from stars in the distant universe. #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour @liverpoolas.org
M51 is a beautiful spiral galaxy with a bright, central core and a complex structure of spiral arms. The galaxy is also home to a number of star-forming regions, which are areas where new stars are being born
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The Black Eye Galaxy is a fascinating spiral galaxy notable for its striking dark dust lane and its unusual internal dynamics resulting from a past galactic merger. This is a stack of 30x5 mins from last night. #Astrophotography #Astronomy #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour #lookup @liverpoolas.org
M64 the black eye galaxy. 
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
If you missed the LIVE-STREAM of our Galaxy Quest, the replay is available now to view: www.youtube.com/live/veKFCWe... #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour #lookup @liverpoolas.org And keep an eye out for our next event.
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GALAXY QUEST 2 - SKY AT NIGHT MAGAZINE - DEEP-SKY TOUR - APRIL 2025
YouTube video by Paramount Observatory
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
These are the details of tonights live stream, please join us tonight at 21:15 GMT as we do our 'Galaxy Quest' take 2 🙂🔭 www.youtube.com/live/4XEtG4-... #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour #lookup @liverpoolas.org
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GALAXY QUEST 2 - SKY AT NIGHT MAGAZINE - DEEP-SKY TOUR - APRIL 2025
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Last night's broadcast had issues, so going to run it again tonight as the forecast is good again. Will post an update and link once setup, maybe share with followers? @liverpoolas.org @royalastrosoc.bsky.social @davidbflower.bsky.social @stormhour.bsky.social @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social
Weather forecast showing clear skies
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
The details of tonight's livestream are: www.youtube.com/live/ikKrJIR... The plan is to run through the #Skyatnight magazines, deep-sky tour for April 2025. Details of objects are on P56 of magazine if you want to follow along. #Astrophotography #Astronomy #lookup @liverpoolas.org
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LIVE STREAM EVENT - GALAXY QUEST
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Martin Bracken - FRAS -CitySpaceAstro @cityspaceastro.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Got the ADC working sort of last night. Pretty good seeing too. This is best Image of Jupiter I have managed to get so far using my 6" SCT. Calisto nearest Jupiter on the left Io on the right. #astronomy #astrophotography #Jupiter
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Rob Tilsley @stargazerrob.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Took a look a Venus earlier. Daytime astrophotography feels weird to me 😂, it was fun though!
Telescopic view. Background is blue. Venus appears as a thin, featureless, bright white, crescent. The crescent goes about half the way around the disk of Venus, and becomes fainter/fuzzier at the extremes.
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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 31/03/2025
👀 By repeatedly training Hubble on Uranus over 20 years, astronomers have gained new understanding of the ice world’s complex atmosphere: bit.ly/4hVo8ih 🔭 🧪
Graphic titled “Hubble Space Telescope – Observations of Uranus,” with 16 images of Uranus, arranged in a 4 by 4 grid showing changes in appearance of Uranus as observed by Hubble. Columns are labeled with observation year, from left to right: 2002; 2012; 2015; and 2022. Rows are labeled from top to bottom: visible light; visible and near infrared; aerosols/haze; and methane depletion. In the visible light images in the top row, Uranus appears blue-green with faint vertical bends of slightly lighter or darker color. In the visible and near-infrared images in the second row, Uranus is very colorful, with deep neon blue to neon green bands within an orange-red glow that outlines the edge of the planet. In the two bottom rows, Uranus appears in grayscale, with vertical bands ranging from dark gray to almost white. All four rows of images show changes from observation to observation (left to right). For a given year, all four images in the column show similar banding patterns.
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Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) @istaresearch.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Welcome to our Bluesky Channel! Here you’ll hear of breakthroughs fresh from the labs of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA). Follow for news from scientific disciplines collaborating to tackle the big questions. For a start, we´ll tickle your curiosity with a tour through ISTA.
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Sky & Telescope @skyandtelescope.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Meet Polaris, the North Star. It's not the brightest star in the sky, but it's within a degree of the north celestial pole. buff.ly/PO446nK . . #astronomy #stargazing #northstar #polaris
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Meet Polaris, the North Star
Meet Polaris, the North Star. It's not the brightest star in the sky, but it's within a degree of the north celestial pole.
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AAS Nova @aasnova.org · 31/03/2025
An ultra-high-energy neutrino, a galactic PeVatron, and a fading quasar at cosmic dawn are the subjects of today’s Monthly Roundup. aasnova.org/2025/03/31/m... 🔭🧪
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Monthly Roundup: News from the High-Energy Universe
An ultra-high-energy neutrino, a galactic PeVatron, and a fading quasar at cosmic dawn are the subjects of today's Monthly Roundup.
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Dr Pamela L Gay @starstryder.space · 31/03/2025
Today, @fcain.universetoday.com & I record ep **750** of @astronomycast.com. While the number is one of those numbers human brains deem as special, we don't have anything special planned; it's just another day to talk science. Topic: SN Early Warning System www.youtube.com/live/AEugVwl...
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Supernova Early Warning System
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Liverpool Astronomical Society (main account) @liverpoolas.org · 01/04/2025
Fingers crossed for the weather for @paramountobs.bsky.social ! Also the Moon will be occulting (going in front of) the Pleiades ("the seven sisters"l star cluster tonight, approx 21:30-23:30
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
I have put together an edited version of yesterday's live view of the solar eclipse from #Liverpool #uk we had a lot of cloud, so trimmed out a lot of that. It's no challenger to @dylanodonnell.bsky.social or @astrobackyard.bsky.social hope you like it? @liverpoolas.org youtu.be/9-BcDqsYzf8?...
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Solar Eclipse 29 03 25
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
I am broadcasting the #Solar #Eclipse now if you'd like to take a look? #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour #lookup @liverpoolas.org @dylanodonnell.bsky.social @astrobackyard.bsky.social youtube.com/live/2F6pC2Y...
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Live Solar Eclipse
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Just noticed that the #ISS will pass very close to #Jupiter shortly, so hopefully, will try and video the pass 🤞 it's dark enough to capture. #Astrophotography #Astronomy #Space #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour #lookup @liverpoolas.org
International Space Station pass across the sky tonight at 19:14 GMT
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Jodrell Bank @jodrellbank.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
🚀 Blast off to Jodrell Bank this February #halfterm for an out-of-this-world adventure the whole family will enjoy! 🎟️ www.jodrellbank.net/events/febru...
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Liz Gwynne @lizgwyn.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
We spent a very enjoyable day at Norton Priory museum, for their Astronomy Day to celebrate Luke Jerram's giant Mars hanging in the atrium. Children took home sparkling✨ constellations, 🌠 and 🪐🌕 mobiles. Grownups looked at phone apps and affordable telescopes. #Astronomy #Mars
Two tables covered with telescopes, astronomical photos and craft activities to make planets and constellations, in a corner with a tiled floor, sandstone walls and a giant Mars visible through the arched window.
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 15/02/2025
See that bright, glowing object with a tail? That's not a comet. That's the planet Mercury.
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Paramount Observatory @paramountobs.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Having spent sometime imaging #jupiter I do struggle to post process the data, so seeing this video explains a lot, and get why you'd use a B&W camera rather than a colour, take a look. #Astrophotography #Astronomy #StormHour #MoonHour #ThePhotoHour @liverpoolas.org youtube.com/watch?v=D36t...
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