UK Astronomy Speakers and Lecturers
| Below is a list of the Astro Speakers and Lecturers who are registered with us. Click on the 'more details' link against each speaker to expand the information. If you are a speaker and not listed here please contact us or click here. |
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Speaker / Lecturer |
Location |
Areas willing to travel to |
Brief résumé of topics covered |
Get in touch |
| Mr Hugh Allen | Oakhill, Somerset |
Map Areas 6,7,9 & 10 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Spectroscopy: Cracking starlight's hidden code, Binary stars - a history of making waves and The lives of stars |
Tel 07891 582213 |
| Dr Diego Altamirano | Southampton | Map Area 10 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Black Holes |
Tel 023 8059 1277 |
| Nigel Ball | Nantwich, Cheshire | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include Nightscape Photography, Photographing the Northern Lights and Deep Sky Astrophotography |
Tel 07771 570086 |
| Jim Bell | Lydbrook, Gloucestershire | Map Area 7 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Seasonal tour of the night sky,
Introduction to stargazing and
KS2 Space (schools) |
Tel 07582 458119 |
| Dr Nigel Bannister |
Leicester | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include JUICE: ESA's mission to Jupiter, A history of trajectories and Apollo 13: What Saved The Mission? |
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| Dr Steve Barrett | Liverpool | Map Areas 5 & 7 click here for map |
Lecture topics are very extensive and varied but include The ABC of Stellar Evolution, Astrophotography and the Beginning of Everything |
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| Prof. Martin Barstow |
Leicester | Map Area 7 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Extra-terrestrial life. UV astronomy and White dwarfs and the interstellar medium |
Tel 0116 252 3492 |
| Bill Barton FRAS | Ipswich | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include the History of Astronomy, Accidental Death of an Astronomer: Mary Ward (1827-1869) and Mandolins & Meteors: Fiammetta Wilson (1864-1920) Click here for more details |
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| Prof Andrew Blain | Leicester | Map Area 7 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Galaxy evolution and infrared astrophysics |
Tel 07852 711626 |
| Dr Ann Bonnell | Leicester | Map Area 7 click here for map |
Lecture topics include The Astronomers Royal, Whatever happened to the astronauts and Percival Lowell and the canals of Mars |
Tel 01162 394481 |
| Dr Sarah Bosman |
London | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include Cosmology, Cosmological simulations on supercomputers, the lives of galaxies and Quasars |
Tel 07412 652063 |
| Nigel Bradbury | Matlock, Derbyshire | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include two talks on the Northern LIghts Experiences |
Tel 0781 864 9608 |
| Dr Martin Braddock |
Nottinghamshire | Map Area 4,5,7 & 8 click here for map |
Lecture topics include The Rise, Fall and Renaissance of Artificial Gravity and tThe History and Future of Space Medicine |
Tel 07748 761258 |
| Owen Brazell | Oxon, Oxfordshire | Map Areas 7
& 10 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Observing Planetary Nebula, Observing Galaxy Clusters and Dark nebulae |
Tel 07715 117178 |
| Dr Rene Breton | Manchester | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include Testing relativity and gravity with pulsars, the transient sky and gravitational waves. |
Tel 0161 2754195 |
Tim Browett |
Aberdeen |
Map Area 1 |
Lecture topics include Solar observing, The scale of the Solar System and Small Solar System Bodies. |
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| Bud Martin Budzynski | Yeovil, Somerset | Map Area 9 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Astroengineering, Lunar & Planetary photography, Astro History and Space Exploration |
Tel 07715 842801 |
| Peter Bull MBE FRAS | Bromley, Kent | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include A Window Through The Universe, An overview of Cosmology and the theories of how the Universe works |
Tel 020 8460 9638 |
| Robert Christy |
South Shields | Map Area 4 click here for map |
Lecture topics include the History of the space age and tracking satellites or analysing the more-secret aspects of activity in orbit. |
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| Dr Jane Clark | Newport, Monmouthshire | Anywhere in the UK and Ireland. Also worldwide by Zoom, Teams or Skype | Lecture topics include: Measuring Solar System Orbits for Yourself, The Orbit of Mars and the History Bios of Tycho, Kepler, Newton Galaxy. |
Tel 07766 464429 |
| Dr Chris Crowe | Harrow, London | Map Areas 7,8,10 & 11 click here for map |
Lecture topics are very extensive Click here for details |
Tel 07979 330327 |
Michael Czajkowski |
Lincolnshire | Map Areas 5,7 & 8 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Mercury, a Messenger for the Solar System, Life in the Outer Solar System and Water in the Solar System |
Tel 01526 352895 |
| John Davies | London | Map Areas 5,6,7,8,9,10&11 | Photometry - Understanding star light, diffraction, pollution, colour and |
Tel 07770 697272 |
| Dave Eagle | Northampton | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include Finding your way around the sky, Practical Astronomical Observing and Astrophotography and Space flight |
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| Prof Nick Evans | Southampton | Map Area 10 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Understanding Nothing - the history of the vacuum, Dark Energy, String Theory and Cosmology |
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| Dr Rhodri Evans |
Cardiff | Map Areas 6,7,8,9 & 10 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Looking beyond visible light, The accidental discovery of the oldest light and Astronomy from a Boeing 747 Click here for more details |
Tel 07749 837178 |
| Dr Gareth Few | Hull | Map Areas 5,7 & 8 click here for map |
Lecture topics include What Atoms tell us about Galaxies and the secret history of galaxies |
Tel 07840 738800 |
| Mr Gary Fildes | Sunderland | Map Areas 2,4 & 5 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Cosmology, astro physics, star formation, solar system and the history of astronomy |
Tel 07970 105607 |
Michael Franks |
North London |
Map Area 11 |
Lecture topics include The Night Sky, Roll a Rocket- a craft activity building and launching rockets and Fossil Hunting on Mars |
Tel 020 844 67330 |
| Mike Foulkes |
Hertfordshire | Map Areas 7,8,10 & 11 click here for map |
Lecture topics include The Moon |
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| James Fradgley FRAS | Wimborne Dorset |
Map Areas 9 & 10 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Life in the Universe - Are the aliens really there? How (on Earth) did Life Start and Planets, Life & Panspermia |
Tel 07990 558358 |
Mike Frost |
Rubgy, Warwickshire |
Map Areas 5,7,8 & 10 |
Lecture topics include Isaac Newton and the Surrey Pumas, Norman Lockyer and Jeremiah Horrocks - a Very Curious Astronomer |
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| Prof Brad Gibson | Hull | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include Are we alone in the universe, How the universe will end and building a universe in a computer |
Tel 01482 465105 |
| Gerard Gilligan | Liverpool | Map Areas 4,5,6 & 7 click here for map |
Lecture topics include West Kirby to the Moon and The History of Liverpool Astronomical Society |
Tel 0151 2208718 |
| Peter Goodhew | London | Anywhere in the UK | Talks can be given in person and by Zoom, lecture topics include Planetary Nebulae, Deep Sky Photography, Remote and Robotic Observatories |
Tel 07710 820738 |
| Andrew Green BSc(Hons) FRAS, FBIS |
Cambridge | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include In Search of the Aurora, Terrestrial and Extra-Terrestrial impacts and The Apollo Missions |
Tel 01223 440593 Mob 0774 7484975 |
Jane Green FRAS |
East Sussex | Map Areas 10 & 11 click here for map |
Lectures on all aspects of astronomy but prefer to present introductory lectures that drive 'perspective'. |
Tel 01323 870977 |
| Martin Griffiths | Bridgend, South Wales |
Map Areas 4,5,6,7,8,9,10 & 11 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Cosmology, Astrobiology, Stellar Physics and Catastrophism |
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| Dr Peter Grimley | London | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include Big telescopes, galaxies, the violent Universe and astronomical rings and discs. |
Tel 07738 227477 |
| Roy Gunson | Bolton-Upon-Dearne | Map Areas 4,5 & 7 click here for map |
Lecture topics include The Kuiper Belt, Martian Moons, The First Astrophotographer and The Uncertainty of Mr Heisenberg |
Tel 07980 422269 |
| Prof Martin Hendry | Glasgow | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include A wide range of talks in the general area of cosmology astrophysics and gravitational-wave astronomy. |
Tel 01413 305685 |
| Rod Hine | Bradford West York's |
Map Areas 4,5 & 7 click here for map |
Lecture topics include a wide range of talks on astronomy and cosmology |
Tel 07973 841375 |
| Dr Lilian Hobbs | Eastleigh Hampshire |
Map Area 10 but possiby further afield click here for map |
Lecture topics include Astrophotography and |
Tel 07785 264684 |
Prof James Hough |
Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire |
Map Area 7 |
Lecture topics include What astronomy can tell us about the origins of life on Earth, Comets and the Rosetta Mission |
Tel 01438 714876 |
| Robert Ince | Preston, Lancashire | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include Astrophotography, citizen science and astronomy tourism. |
Tel 07511 403702 |
| Peter Jenkins | Nottinghamshire | Map Areas 7,8,10 & 11 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Astrophotography from DSLR to Narrowband, Capture and Processing of Deep Sky Images and processing Deep Sky Images |
Tel 01623 451090 |
| Anthony Jennings | Middleton, Manchester | Map Area 5 click here for map |
Lecture topics include 3D Photography And Its Applications In Astronomy |
Tel 07517 031352 |
| William Joyce | Brighton East Sussex |
Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include Astronomy, Astrophysics, Astrobiology and Planetary Science |
Tel N/A |
| Kevin John Kilburn | Leek, Staffordshire | Map Area 7 click here for map |
Lecture topics include The Forgotten Star Atlas John Bevis's Uranographia Britannica and Mapping and naming the Moon |
Tel 01782 551476 |
| Alan Ledbury | Walsall | Map Area 7 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Astronomy for Kids (or non astro adults) |
Tel 01922 632624 |
Dr Mike Leggett |
Milton Keynes |
Map Areas 7, 8, 10 & 11 |
Lecture topics include Astronomy in the ancient world, Astronomy in the medieval world and Astronomical instrumentation before the telescope |
Tel 01908 503692 |
| Alastair Leith | Northampton | Map Area 7 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Astronomy for beginners,
Whats in the Night Sky and |
Tel 07788 708114 |
| Miss Liew-Cain | Woking, Surrey | Map Areas 10 & 11 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Galaxy evolution, particularly at low redshifts, Machine learning and Neural networks |
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| Martin Lunn MBE FRAS | Earby, Lancashire | Map Area 5 click here for map |
Lecture topics are extensive and cover a vast range of Astronomical subject matter. |
Tel 07969 945413 |
| Mary Louise McIntyre | Kidlington, Oxfordshire | Map Areas 7 & 10 click here for map |
Lecture topics are extensive covering a vast range of astronomy related subjects. |
Tel N/A |
| Jack Martin | Rayleigh, Essex | Map Area 11 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Astronomical Spectroscopy |
Tel 07484 119847 |
| John Mallett FRAS | Chichester, East Sussex | Map Area 10 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Astrophotography - 'How do they get dramatic deep sky images', Variable stars - 'Why are amateur observations important' and Cosmology - 'Why do we think there was a big bang?' |
Tel 01243 605649 |
| Dr David Mannion FRAS |
Canterbury, Kent | Map Areas 10 & 11 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Evolution of Stars, Cosmology, Alien Life and The end of the Earth |
Tel 01227 634107 |
| John McEvoy | East Hunsbury, Northamptonshire | Map Area 10 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Asteroids, meteorites and comets, Cosmology and Anatomy of the Milky Way |
Tel 07775 592392 |
| Graham McLoughlin | Chorley, Lancashire | Map Areas 4, 5, 6 & 7 click here for map |
Lecture topics are numerous which include eclipse expeditions and biographical talks on the Life of Dr Arthur Beer and Frank Holden FRAS |
Tel 07888 997983 |
Paul Money FRAS, FBIS |
Lincoln | Map Areas 5,7 & 8 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Wonders of the Solar System, Wonders of the Universe, Images of the Universe and Images of Earth. |
Tel 01507 524037 |
| Michael Morris | Bringsty Worcester |
Map Areas 6,7 & 10 click here for map |
Lecture topics include a series of one hour lectures based on a theme from 'Practical Astronomer' |
Tel 07446 222545 |
| Dr Daniel Mortimer | Exeter | Map Areas 9 & 10 click here for map |
Lecture topics include 50 plus years of the International Astronomical Youth camp Click here for more details |
Tel N/A |
| Andrew Mowbray BSc. (Hons.), MSc., MBCS |
Colchester Essex |
Map Area 11 |
Lecture topics include The Moon Landing Hoax "evidence" debunked, The Astronomers' Guide to Strange Things in the Sky and Titan Travel Guide |
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| Ronan Newman | Claremorris County Mayo |
Map Area 3 click here for map |
Lecture topics include 1000 Years of the Irish Aurora, from Folklore to the Digital Age and Noctilucent Clouds |
Tel 0035 386 8434003 |
| Dr Jonathan Nichols |
Leicester | Map Area 7 click here for map |
Lecture topics include The NASA Juno mission to Jupiter, Alien auroras and Lots in Space |
Tel 01162 525049 |
| Julian Onions |
Nottingham | Map Areas 5,6,7 & 8 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Cold Dark Matter, Astrophysics for dummies and Galaxies - one gigayear at a time. |
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| Dr Elizabeth Pearson |
Bristol | Map Area 10 click here for map |
The Chelyabinsk Meteor, Proxima b, A very brief history of rovers and landers |
Tel 07837 181562 |
| Neil Phillipson | Dorking Surrey | Map Areas 7,8,10 & 11 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Hubble: the $6bn Telescope that changed our view of the Universe and ALMA: The Atacama Large Millimetre/Sub-Millimetre Array – “Supercomputer Astronomy” |
Tel 01306 886758 |
| Roger Pickard | Leominster Herefordshire | Map Areas 7 & 10 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Variable stars and stellar evolution, Our Observatory the Earth and How the Earth moves in space. |
Tel 01568 708136 |
| Michael Poxon | Norfolk | Map Areas 7,8 & 11 click here for map |
Lecture topics include variable stars, star formation, young variable stars and binocular astronomy |
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Gary Poyner |
Birmingham | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include Variable Stars, An introduction to Variable Star Observing and how to observe and record Variable Stars Historical Novae. |
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| Mark Radice | Salisbury | Map Area 10 click here for map |
Lecture topics include observing the Moon and deep sky observing |
Tel. N/A |
| Will Reed | Somerset | Map Area 9 click here for map |
DSLR Astrophotography,
Monochrome Imaging, Lunar and Solar imaging. |
Tel 07989 828013 |
| Joanne Richardson | Bleadon, Somerset | Map Areas 6,7,9 & 10 click here for map |
Astronomy and Space Interactive workshops and presentions |
Tel 07859 066400 |
| Prof Ian Robson | Preston, Lancashire | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include Supercool Astronomy, Active Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes |
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| Gordon Rogers FRAS FRICS | Long Crendon, near Thame Buck's | Map Area 7 click here for map |
Lecture topics include The deep space imaging operation of the Crendon Observatory with a 16" RCOS telescope. |
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| George Sallit | Reading, Berkshire | Map Areas 7,10 & 11 click here for map |
Lecture topics include General Astronomy, particularly amateur CCD Imaging |
Tel 01189 744392 |
Dr Marc Sarzi |
Belfast & Armagh |
Map Area 3 |
Lecture topics include Super Massive Black Holes, Asteroids and Comets and Properties of Light |
Tel 07811 152531 |
| Richard Shaw | Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Scotland |
Will travel anywhere in the British Isles | Lecture topics are numerous |
Tel N/A |
| Dr Dimitris Stamatelos | Preston, Lancashire | Map Area 5 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Exoplanets, the search for new worlds |
Tel 0177 2896418 |
Christopher Starr FRAS FBIS |
Wells, Somerset |
Map Area 9 |
Lecture topics include A History of Lunar Exploration, Journey to the Dawn of the Solar System and New Horizons to Pluto and beyond |
Tel 07429 296001 |
| Dr Colin Steele | Dore, Sheffield |
Map Areas 5 & 7 click here for map |
Lecture topics include many different talks on many varied areas of astronomy. |
Tel 07794 632972 |
| Jerry Stone |
Welwyn Hertfordshire |
Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics are very extensive but include How We Reached The Moon, Is Pluto A Planet and Let's Go To Mars |
Tel 01438 712000 |
William Stewart |
Ravensmoor, Cheshire |
Map Area 7 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Observing Satellites - How to observe and idetify them, together with some |
Tel 07775 681248 |
| Nik Szymanek |
Colchester Essex | Map Area 11 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Astronomical Imaging, Image processing and Imaging from remote locations. |
Tel 07722 855720 |
| Prof Nial Tanvir | Leicester | Map Areas 5,7,8 & 11 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Exploring the distant universe with gamma-ray bursts, the Big Bang and Compact binary mergers |
Tel 07980 136499 |
| Stephen Tonkin |
Hampshire | Map Areas 7,10 & 11 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Ten Ways the universe Tries to Kill You, Two Eyes are Better than One and Pseudoastronomy |
Tel 01425 650713 |
Keith Townsend FRAS |
Deeping St James |
Map Area 8 |
Lecture topics include The Sun, Voyager, Curiosity, Seasonal Skies, Astro Imaging and Space Mssion Top 10 |
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| Timothy Treadwell | Stafford | Map Area 7 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Astronomy Adventures and Vacations, Video Astronomy and Cosmonaut Training at GCTC. |
Tel 01785 244349 |
| Sam Walton | Dorking, Surrey | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include Space Weather, |
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| Paul Whiting FRAS CSci | Felixstowe, Suffolk | Map Areas 8 & 11 click here for map |
Lecture topics include The Greatest Show not on Earth - Chasing Eclipses, The Aurora, The Sun and Radio and General Astronomy |
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Dr Ian Whittaker |
Nottingham | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include How does our Sun work, How does our Sun affect the Earth and Predicting and observing space weather. |
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| Sheridan Williams FRAS | Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire |
Map Areas 7,8,10 & 11 click here for map |
Lecture topics include The mechanics of eclipses and A travelogue of eclipse tours |
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| Pete Williamson FRAS | Whittington, Shropshire | Anywhere in the UK and Ireland | Lecture topics include Astronomy & Telescopes for Beginners, |
Tel 01691 653394 |
| Mark Woodland FRAS | Midsomer Norton. East Somerset | Map Area 9 click here for map |
Lecture topics include an Introduction to Astronomy, Exoplanets & The Charterhouse Exoplanet Project and High-energy Astrophysics & Compact Objects |
Tel 07851 019333 |
| Mazin Younis | Altrincham, Cheshire | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include Searching for Clear Dark sites |
Tel 07811 188624 |
