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President
Prof Andrew Coates
Andrew is a leading planetary scientist at University College London’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory.
Vice President
Prof. Lucie Green
A solar physicist who has been a presenter on The Sky at Night and is the Chief Stargazer of the SPA. This was actually the wording of a question on Mastermind recently!
Vice President
Robin Scagell
Robin has been a member almost since he first learned to walk. He is well known for producing some of the most useful guide books to astronomy you will find.
Email: robin@popastro.com
Secretary
Guy Fennimore
Guy is our super-efficient Secretary who ensures that everything runs as smoothly as possible, and keeps everyone else in order.
36 Fairway, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5DU. Email: secretary@popastro.com
Membership Secretary
Graham Jones
Graham took over in 2018 and is responsible for keeping our membership lists up to date.
Email: membership@popastro.com
Treasurer
Dusko Novakovic
Dusko’s job really counts!
Email: treasurer@popastro.com
Publicity Officer
Michael Barratt
Michael is a lifelong amateur astronomer who writes regular astronomy columns for his local magazines.
Email: publicity@popastro.com
Popular Astronomy Editor
Robin Scagell
Robin is currently Acting Editor
Email: editor@popastro.com
Webmasters
Paul Sutherland, Robin Scagell
What’s the saying – jack of all trades, webmaster of none? We keep the pages going, write features and news stories, create artworks….
Email: webmaster@popastro.com
Council members
Prof. Ian Robson
Ian, a leading light in UK professional astronomy, joined the society when he was a teenager, and remains an enthusiastic supporter.
Dr. Margaret Penston MBE
Margaret used to study stars at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, and is now a tutor for the Open University.
Paul Sutherland
Paul is a prolific freelance writer based in Kent who also runs the Skymania astronomy news website.
Cath Adams
Cath is a keen amateur astronomer based in Shropshire. As well as being Merchandise Manager she is also secretary of her local astronomical society in Wolverhampton.
Rachael Wood
Rachael is a primary school teacher in Doncaster and writes for our Young Stargazers.