Speaker profile
Mr John Mallett
MA,FRAS
Available for booking
Chichester, West Sussex, England
100 miles travel distance
Amateur Astronomer
Research Astronomer
Science Communicator
Summary
John is a self-confessed science geek with interests spanning astronomy, skiing and philosophy!.
Full biography
Engineering background - In three countries. Roles from research manager to engineering director in military and civil aviation training environment. Retired and took up astronomy. Joined a research group and co authored a number of papers on post common envelope binary systems. Worked on software automation of time series eclipse measurement.
Affiliations
Lectures
Introduction to Astrophotography
How do they get dramatic deep sky images?
Variable stars and the importance of amateur astronomers
Why do we think there was a big bang?
Time history and measurement in astronomy using time
First we will look at the history of time. It's use and standardisation. The problems of measurement using time.
Problems with measurement in astronomy
The technical difficulties measuring astronomical objects. Time issues. Trying to minimise measurement errors.
Building an urban observatory - Things to consider - Ideas.
Some of the issues encountered building an observatory in a dense urban environment. Some solutions. Some low cost starter solutions.
