Speaker profile
Mr Kevin John Kilburn
FRAS
Available for booking
Leek, Staffordshire, England
130 miles travel distance
Amateur Astronomer
Summary
Kevin is past president of the Manchester Astronomical Society and founder member of the Society for the History of Astronomy.
Full biography
Kevin began his interest in astronomy aged just 4!
He has been a member of the British Astronomical Society since in 1965 (with a short break!), is past president Manchester Astronomical Society (currently Vice President) and Founder Member and early Honourary Secretary for the Society for the History of Astronomy (Vice Chairman 2013-2015).
In addition, Kevin has been a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society since 2000, being elected to their Council in April, 2018.
Kevin's presentations are aimed at amateur astronomical society audiences with a mixed level of expertise.
Affiliations
Lectures
The Lost Gardens of Fireside
A talk about James Nasmyth and his association with Eccles.
The Forgotten Star Atlas: John Bevis's Uranographia Britannica
NOT 50 Shades of Grey
A presentation on how to observe the surface coloration of the Moon.
Chromospheric Bruises
A talk on how to observe the bipolar magnetic regions underlying sunspot active regions of the Sun.
Mapping and naming the Moon
A history of moon mapping and how a Staffordshire lass sorted it out
