Speaker profile
Mr Dave Shave-Wall
Available for booking
Summary
Astrophotographer, Visual observer, avid teacher of all things astro.
Full biography
Dave is an excellent communicator, lecturer and astronomy enthusiast. After 37 years in IT Dave has just retired from an Executive post at IBM so he can now dedicate himself to astronomy.
Dave is a member of the Basingstoke Astronomical Society, past Chair and Committee member. He also Chairs the Basingstoke Astronomical Society Expedition Group aimed at travel astronomy and regularly visits the Canary Islands with fellow astronomers for astrophotography and visual observing.
Renowned for bringing upbeat presentations engaging the audience and making sure everyone comes on the journey. Dave has presented at many societies over the past 25 years and is delighted to visit and present on a number of topics.
Dave on occasions writes for Astronomy Now, from Trip reviews, to equipment reviews and more. Dave has contributed to ExoClock a programme aimed at following up ExoPlanets.
In the past has led groups of 90+ children in Junior Schools in Basingstoke for the morning on astronomy as part of their space science education.
Dave is happy to travel to present
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Affiliations
Lectures
IMT3
How I built my observatory, from the very first hand made one to a an off the shelf observatory that can be used from around the world. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OGiGzkJd8-ibzayfUchq9p7Jojey-UzW?usp=sharing
ELT
The latest developments of this truly ground braking telescope as it sets to go live in 2028/29. Includes what is being build, how it is being built and the science it will discover. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OGiGzkJd8-ibzayfUchq9p7Jojey-UzW?usp=sharing
The Vera Rubin Telescope
The amazing wide field survey telescope that will change astronomy forever! If you want to know why then this talk is for you. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OGiGzkJd8-ibzayfUchq9p7Jojey-UzW?usp=sharing
My Obsession 22" - A Dobsonian Story
I may like astrophotography but I also love visual. This is a story about my passion to buy and use a 22" Obsession all the way from the USA. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OGiGzkJd8-ibzayfUchq9p7Jojey-UzW?usp=sharing
Travel with Binoculars and Astrophotography Rig
This is a journey across to the Canary Islands and beyond. How to get there, what to take, what to avoid and how to plan. If you ever wanted to travel abroad for astronomy then this is for you. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OGiGzkJd8-ibzayfUchq9p7Jojey-UzW?usp=sharing
Imaging with a 12" CDK
What would it be like to image with a medium sized telescope in the UK that was designed for use at the top of a mountain? This lecture will share with you how and why I purchased this scope and what it was capable of as well as what it was not. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OGiGzkJd8-ibzayfUchq9p7Jojey-UzW?usp=sharing
Publications
BAS Expedition Group
If you are interested in astronomy and travel then this is the society for you. Most of our members belong to other societies too, but here at the BAS Expedition Group we get to travel and perform astronomy related activities away from home. We carry out trips here in the UK to observatories as well as trips abroad such as to the Canary Islands, in the future Southern France, Chile in South America and Namibia in Africa. https://basexpeditiongroup.org.uk
My Blog
After going back and forth on the idea of hosting our astronomy kit from myself (Dave Shave-Wall), Bob Trevan and GingerGeek in Spain or the Canary Islands, we finally decided, for a number of reasons back in the UK, building a new observatory, the IMT3. Since then and after successfully running the observatory for a year and a half, I have moved house again and reinstated the observatory as IMT3b, with a new astronomy observing area for my new 22″ Obsession telescope and of course for friends to bring their setups.......the journey continues https://imt.gingergeeks.co.uk
