Your Astronomy Journey Starts Here

Like most people my interest in astronomy began at an early age, around the age of 12. One of my earliest memories is of observing a lunar eclipse and seeing the moon turn a blood red colour. In fact, taking aside all my childhood presents, my best ever present was a Tasco 78mm refractor with slow motion controls.

Once, on holiday, I think it was Falmouth, I saw a bigger 100mm refractor, it was huge, over 1.5 meters long, WOW I want one of those! Unfortunately, it was out side of my families budget. I had a telescope and lots of enthusiasm but no astronomy books or Planisphere. A trip to the school library solved my book problem and this is where I first discovered Patrick Moore.

Since then, he has been a constant companion with the Sky at Night television program. In fact, I remember that if you registered with the Sky at Night you would receive a monthly new letter in the post. How times have changed with the advent of the internet and not always for the better in my opinion.

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My Favourite Astronomers

Patrick Caldwell Moore is perhaps the most influential astronomy of out time. Well certainly in the UK

Unfortunately, never had the privalage of meeting the him. However, I did write to him at the Sky at Night program and recieved a reply. The program and this books have had a huge impact on me and my passion for amateur astronomy. I always wanted to build my own telescope, however, for one reason or anonther it never happened. I'm hopeful next year, 2026 to finally build my own telescope, lets see.

• Specialist subject, Lunar cartography - Earth natual satellite
• Consulted for NASA and the Apollo Moon missions
• Host of the longest running BBC program, The Sky at Night - 1957 to 2012

Carl Sagan, The original narrator of the COSMOS

Carl Sagan will to me at least always be the voice of the Cosmos. This program released in 1980 was amazing and ground breaking. So much was happening back then and everything seemed to be posible, nothing seemed to be out of our reach. We had launched the Pioneer probes in 1972 and reached mars with the Viking landers in 1976. Sent the Vogager probes on their mission to the planets in 1977. We were venturing out into our own cosmic backyard and the posibilities were endless.

• Famous American Astronomer / Cosmologist and the author of the book "Contact"
• Pioneered the research into life outside of our planet / solar system
• Helped to compose the first interplanetary message sent by mankind to the stars
• Science communicator and presenter of the "Cosmos"