Naming the Stars

Guest Speaker

Thursday, 15th December 2022 (19:45 - 22:00)

Venue: Hybrid

Michael Poxon

Speaker: Michael Poxon

I have been interested in astronomy since about the age of 5 (even though my degree is in linguistics!) and especially variable stars. I independently discovered Nova Cygni 1975 while doing my A-levels, being a member of the AAVSO (American Association of Variable Star Observers, an amateur/professional body affiliated to Harvard Uni). My special interest is in young variable stars and I run the Young Stellar Objects section at AAVSO. In 2002 I was awarded a NASA grant to participate in an astrophysics conference on the Big Island of Hawai'i, and have written a book on astronomy with binoculars.

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