In Search Of The Aurora by Andrew Ritchie Green BSc (Hons) FRAS

Andy is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society has been actively involved in astronomy and space for over 48 years becoming interested in astronomy & space aged 7. He has travelled the world many times to promote astronomy and give presentations and lectures far and wide, talking to varied groups including those at the University of Cambridge, Sheffield Hallam University and visiting observatories as far afield as Hawaii, mainland USA, Europe, Australia, and Chile. He has visited several space agencies and their facilities including those at NASA and the European Space Agency, ESA. He was involved in grass roots astronomy for many years, and he has seen astronomy at all levels from the local astronomical society level to the public understanding of science and space to professional astronomy.

Andy’s particular interest is in the Auroras and has spent over 16 years researching, observing and photographing them in Iceland, he has many friends in the country. He has a degree in Geo-Science / Planetary Geology from the University of Sheffield. He is also a freelance space journalist/photographer and has had articles published in several magazines both in the UK and USA. Andy recently wrote on Space Flight for the US Navy’s training manual for the ROTC Programme. An accomplished photographer his images have been published in many publications and used online in addition to many hard copy publications and books worldwide. One of his Aurora images was used on the title page of the 2021 Philips Stargazing Guide

Affiliations Director & Senior Lecturer – StarDome Astronomy & Astronautics Fellow – Royal Astronomical Society Director – AAAEP Astro Education – Australia Aurora and Eclipse Travel Guide and Astronomer Freelance Space Journalist & Broadcaster Cunard “Insights” Lecturer

The meeting will also include a news item and a tour of the night sky.

We look forward to seeing you.