Speaker profile
Mr John Maclean
FRAS
Available for booking
Full biography
My name is John Maclean and I am a Fellow of both the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Geographical Society. As an astronomer, My research area is asteroids, comets and meteors and was a founder member of the UK Meteor Network. For the last 12 years I have also been a cruise ship lecturer, delivering lectures on astronomy and astrophysics to the guests on the many cruise lines I sail on. I am a Resident Astronomer for Viking Ocean and I am regularly a guest speaker on Cunard, Saga, Regent, P&O. Oceania, Fred Olsen and more. If any other cruise lines are interested in engaging my services, you can see my showreel below.
In 2022 I was honoured to be part of the group that won the RAS Group Award for Geophysics for our work in tracking, retrieving and analysing the “Winchcombe Meteorite.”
Check out the Blog and Gallery pages for the latest updates on my travels!
NASA Ambassador
I was proud to be the NASA Ambassador for the OSIRIS-Rex Asteroid Sample Return Mission which successfully brought a sample of Asteroid Bennu back to Earth in 2023.
Stargazing sessions
Mr John Maclean can host stargazing sessions including guided tours of the night skies and observing using telescopes or binoculars.
