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 |
Contact details |
Nigel Ball | Nantwich, Cheshire | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include Nightscape Photography, Photographing the Northern Lights and Deep Sky Astrophotography |
Tel 07771 570086 |
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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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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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 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 |
Peter Bull MBE FRAS | Bromley, Kent UK |
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 |
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 |
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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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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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 |
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 |
Prof Martin Hardcastle | Hatfield, Hertfordshire | Map Areas 8 & 11 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Black holes, Active galaxies, Radio astronomy and High-energy astrophysics in general. |
Tel 01707 286409 |
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 |
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 |
William Joyce | Brighton East Sussex |
Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include Astronomy, Astrophysics, Astrobiology and Planetary Science |
Tel 01273 552195 |
Richard Kacerek | Guilford Surrey |
Map Areas 7,8,10 & 11 click here for map |
Lecture topics include Meteors and Meteor detection network |
Tel 01252 336423 |
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 |
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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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 |
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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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 |
Tel 01603 716826 |
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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Prof Ian Robson | Preston, Lancashire | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include Supercool Astronomy, Active Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes |
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Richard Shaw | Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. Scotland |
Will travel anywhere in the British Isles | Lecture topics are numerous |
Tel N/A |
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 |
Jerry Stone |
Welwyn Hertfordshire |
Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include Colonies in Space, The Earth In Space, How We Reached The Moon, Is Pluto A Planet and Let's Go To Mars |
Tel 01438 712000 |
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 |
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 |
Tel 01394 273507 |
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 |
Tel 01525 237370 |
Pete Williamson FRAS | Whittington, Shropshire | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include Astronomy & Telescopes for Beginners, |
Tel 01691 653394 |
Mazin Younis | Altrincham, Cheshire | Anywhere in the UK | Lecture topics include Searching for Clear Dark sites |
Tel 07811 188624 |