Paramount Observatory

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Welcome to the Paramount Observatory. This is a private project of Les Girvan to show the active #Astronomy, #Astrophotography, I am doing from #Liverpool #UK.

An astrophotography capture of the Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC 6992) set against a vast, dense field of thousands of sharp, pinpoint stars in the deep black of space. The nebula forms a prominent, delicate crescent arc curving from the upper left toward the bottom center. Its intricate, thread-like filaments resemble cosmic lace, glowing with vibrant shades of fiery red and burnt orange along the outer edge, which seamlessly transitions into ethereal teal and greenish-blue wisps on the inner frayed border.
An astrophotography capture of the Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC 6992) set against a vast, dense field of thousands of sharp, pinpoint stars in the deep black of space. The nebula forms a prominent, delicate crescent arc curving from the upper left toward the bottom center. Its intricate, thread-like filaments resemble cosmic lace, glowing with vibrant shades of fiery red and burnt orange along the outer edge, which seamlessly transitions into ethereal teal and greenish-blue wisps on the inner frayed border.
View of the night sky with a telescope in central foreground and the moon lighting up clouds in the lower left of the image.
Area of deep space showing hydrogen alpha area of space in the veil nebula
Summer flowers in gravelled garden
The Moon and Venus in close proximity in a darkening sky, with houses in the bottom 3rd
"A wide-field astrophotography shot of Messier 63, the Sunflower Galaxy, centred in a dark, star-filled sky. The spiral galaxy shows a bright white core surrounded by tightly wound, dusty spiral arms with subtle hints of pink star-forming regions. To the right of the galaxy, a bright blue star stands out, and the bottom right corner features a 'Paramount Observatory' watermark with a telescope icon."
Screenshot of ASIAIR APP showing sub of the sunflower galaxy and guide information
A screenshot from the Stellarium planetarium software showing a simulated view of the **Sunflower Galaxy (M63)**. The galaxy appears as a faint, tilted spiral with a bright core, centered within a red rectangular **field-of-view (FOV) indicator**. The background is a deep black starfield overlaid with a blue **equatorial coordinate grid**. Text overlays provide technical details, including a location of **Liverpool** and a date of **April 29, 2026**. On the right, a panel lists telescope equipment settings, specifically an **ASI 533 MC Pro** sensor paired with a **Celestron C11** telescope and an **f/6.3 reducer**. Various software icons and navigation tools line the bottom and left edges of the interface.
A screenshot of the ASIAIR astrophotography app interface displaying a live capture of Bode's Galaxy (M81). ​The galaxy appears at the center as a bright, glowing white nucleus surrounded by soft, yellowish-grey spiral arms against a grainy, star-speckled dark sky. The app's user interface overlays the image, featuring a guiding graph in the top left, telescope control icons along the top and left margins, and technical data at the bottom including a gain of 100 and a sensor temperature of -10.0°C. A progress ring on the right indicates a 108-second exposure in progress.
A centered, high-contrast astronomical photograph of Jupiter suspended in a deep black void. ​The planet’s surface is defined by soft, cream and tan atmospheric cloud belts stretching horizontally across its disk. Positioned prominently in the upper-center band is the Great Red Spot, appearing as a faint, pale orange oval. The lighting is uniform, highlighting the gas giant's spherical shape and the subtle textures of its turbulent atmosphere.
Position image
A high-contrast, centered photograph of the planet Jupiter against a pitch-black space background. ​The planet appears as a soft, luminous sphere featuring its characteristic horizontal atmospheric bands in shades of cream and tan. Notably, the Great Red Spot is visible as a distinct, pale orange oval in the upper-middle cloud belt. The lighting is soft, giving the planet a three-dimensional, spherical depth.
An expansive, high-contrast deep-space photograph of the Leo Triplet, a group of three prominent spiral galaxies set against a black void scattered with distant stars. ​M66 (Top Left): A face-on spiral galaxy with a bright core and distinct, asymmetrical spiral arms glowing with bluish-white star clusters and reddish nebulae. ​M65 (Bottom Left): A spiral galaxy tilted at an angle, showing a bright, yellowish central bulge and smooth, well-defined dusty lanes. ​NGC 3628 (Right): Also known as the "Hamburger Galaxy," seen edge-on as a long, thin streak of light bisected by a thick, dark band of cosmic dust. ​The bottom right corner features a translucent watermark that reads "PARAMOUNT OBSERVATORY" next to a small telescope icon.
An astronomical view of the Virgo Cluster's Markarian's Chain. The image captures various galaxy types, including large, glowing elliptical galaxies and edge-on spirals, scattered across a black cosmic background. A "Paramount Observatory" watermark is visible in the bottom right corner
An image of **Markarian’s Chain**, a string of galaxies in the Virgo Cluster, set against a deep black cosmic background. Several prominent elliptical and spiral galaxies appear as bright, glowing smudges of light, with the most notable being a pair of interacting galaxies known as "The Eyes" near the center. The field is densely populated with smaller, distant stars and faint galactic clusters. In the bottom right corner, a small telescope icon and the text "PARAMOUNT OBSERVATORY" are visible.
A collection of galaxies across a starry sky
Screen shot of ASIAIR APP of Markerians Chain of galaxies
Telescope against a darkening sky with Jupiter at top right
A view of the Artemis II craft with a half Earth on a black sky
​A wide-field deep space photograph of the Leo Triplet (M65, M66, and NGC 3628) against a dark, star-speckled background. To the left, two spiral galaxies are tilted at angles; to the right, the Hamburger Galaxy is seen perfectly edge-on with a prominent dark dust lane running through its center.
Three galaxies on a dark sky
Orion, Moon & Earth
The far side of the Moon from Artemis II
A wide-field astrophotography shot of the Fireworks Galaxy (NGC 6946) against a dark, star-speckled background. The galaxy is a face-on intermediate spiral, showing a bright, warm yellowish core surrounded by intricate, sweeping spiral arms. These arms are accented with subtle blue tones from young star clusters and vibrant pinkish-red patches indicating H II star-forming regions. The entire galaxy has a soft, ethereal glow, and the surrounding black space is dotted with numerous sharp, distant stars of varying brightness. A small white logo for Paramount Observatory is visible in the bottom right corner.
A large bubble with red ha gasses on a dark background
AI version of M51
A photograph of the planet Jupiter against a black space background. The planet appears as a large, cream-colored sphere with distinct horizontal bands of tan, brown, and light blue-grey stretching across its surface. In the lower-left quadrant of the planet, the "Great Red Spot" is visible as a prominent, pale-orange oval-shaped storm nestled within one of the atmospheric bands. The image has a soft, slightly grainy texture characteristic of backyard astrophotography.
Jupiter showing its colourful cloud bands with the Shadow of moon IO on the left center of planet
Sky forecast is showing a good period of clear skies
A wide-field astrophotography shot of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) showing its bright, glowing galactic core and distinct spiral arms of dust and blue stars, set against a dense backdrop of distant stars in deep space
​A high-detail narrowband astrophotograph of the Elephant’s Trunk Nebula (IC 1396). The image uses the SHO palette, featuring a vibrant mix of golden-yellow and deep turquoise. The central "trunk" is a dark, dense column of dust rimmed with glowing gold light, silhouetted against a backdrop of swirling teal and cyan ionized gases. Thousands of sharp stars are scattered across the frame.
New sprouting daffodil
A false-colour SHO image of the Rosette Nebula showing a central cluster of stars surrounded by swirling gold and blue gas clouds with intricate dark dust structures
William Optics Z73 with ASIAIR, Guide scope, auto focuser, filter wheel with cable management
Electronic fouser, filter wheel and asi585mc camera
The Witch's Broom Nebula glows with vibrant filaments of red and blue gas. A bright foreground star, 52 Cygni, illuminates the center of the frame, making the nebula look like a cosmic wisp of smoke or a glowing broomstick sweeping through the dark void of space.
Graph showing Arora possibly
A high-contrast astrophotography image of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51) showing its distinct grand-design spiral arms and its smaller companion galaxy, NGC 5195, connected by a bridge of gas and stars.
New SHO reprocessed An astrophotography image of the Rosette Nebula in the SHO Hubble Palette. The nebula’s vast gas clouds are rendered in vibrant shades of gold and amber (Hydrogen and Sulfur), while the central cavity glows with a cool, ethereal teal and electric blue (Oxygen). Dark, smoky dust filaments twist through the golden "petals," and the central NGC 2244 star cluster shines with brilliant, pinpoint stars against the blue core.
A high-resolution astronomical photograph of the planet Jupiter, captured on December 27, 2025. The planet’s surface is covered in swirling horizontal bands of white, tan, and bronze clouds. The Great Red Spot is prominently featured in the lower-middle section, appearing as a deep, rust-colored oval storm surrounded by turbulent white cloud wakes. To the right, several smaller white oval storms are visible against the darker atmospheric belts.
​A high-resolution photograph of the planet Jupiter against a black space background. The planet appears as a large, cream-colored sphere with distinct horizontal bands of reddish-brown and tan clouds. The Great Red Spot is visible as a pale orange oval nestled in the southern hemisphere. To the sides of the planet, three of the Galilean moons—Io, Europa, and Ganymede—appear as tiny, sharp white pinpricks of light perfectly aligned with the planet's equator.
A deep-space photograph of the Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237) in the constellation Monoceros. In the center is a clear, circular 'hole' filled with the bright, blue-white stars of the open cluster NGC 2244. Surrounding this central cluster are vast, swirling clouds of glowing red and pink hydrogen gas. Dark, finger-like silhouettes of dense dust, known as elephant trunks, point inward toward the central stars, creating a textured, rose-like appearance against the black backdrop of space
A deep-space telescopic view of the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635). A translucent, delicate blue sphere of gas appears to be floating within a dense, turbulent cloud of glowing red and orange interstellar dust. Inside the bubble, a bright, massive star off-center is responsible for creating the shell. The background is a dark void peppered with sharp, distant stars.
The Moon
A high-resolution photograph of the planet Jupiter against a black space background. The planet's surface is covered in detailed, horizontal atmospheric bands of cream, tan, and reddish-brown. The Great Red Spot was not visible as a prominent swirling storm in the southern hemisphere. The planet appears spherical with a slight glow around the edges.
ai generated Jupiter over liverpool
A telescopic view of Jupiter showing its tan and white cloud bands against the black void of space
A deep space photograph of the emission nebula IC 434 in the constellation Orion. A bright wall of red/pink hydrogen gas fills the background. In the center, a dark, distinct pillar of dust rises up, forming the shape of a horse's head (The Horsehead Nebula). To the left, the bright star Alnitak
A close-up astronomical image of the interacting galaxies M81 (Bode's Galaxy, a large, well-defined spiral galaxy) and M82 (the Cigar Galaxy, an irregular starburst galaxy seen nearly edge-on), which are both visible in the same frame.
A wide-field astrophotograph showing the Eastern Veil Nebula (NGC 6992), a bright, crescent-shaped arc of glowing gas and dust located in the constellation Cygnus. The structure is the colorful remnant of an ancient supernova explosion.
A sharp, detailed image of the M51 Whirlpool Galaxy, a classic grand-design spiral galaxy, viewed face-on. It shows bright blue spiral arms dotted with star-forming regions sweeping out from a yellow core. Its smaller, interacting companion galaxy, NGC 5195, is prominently visible just off the end of one of the arms.
A vibrant, detailed image of the M42 Orion Nebula, showing its characteristic bright pink and red hydrogen gas glow surrounding a central region of intense blue light. Dark, complex filaments of dust are visible against the glowing gas, highlighting the massive star-forming region.