Wycombe Astronomy Society (WAS)
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Wed, 20 Nov
|Coleshill Village Hall
Lecture - Professor Andrew Norton - "Magnetic Compact Stars"
Time & Location
20 Nov 2024, 20:00 – 22:00
Coleshill Village Hall, Barracks Hill, Amersham, Coleshill, Amersham HP7 0LN, UK
About the Event
About Andrew
I've worked at the Open University since 1992 and am now Professor of Astrophysics Education in the School of Physical Sciences. I'm a former Vice President of the Royal Astronomical Society.
My research interests are in various aspects of time domain astrophysics with a current focus on stellar photometry from wide field surveys to investigate close binary stars. I carry out research on all sorts of variable stars, including white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes. I lead a Zooniverse project where citizen science volunteers can identify and classify the lightcurves of 1.5 million variable stars observed by SuperWASP.
I am passionate about outreach and public engagement - being both a STEMnet ambassador and a public engagement ambassador for the National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement. I wrote a story book about Exoplanets for young children called "Oogle-Flip and the planet adventure"; I co-wrote the series of "60 second adventures in Astronomy"; and am a frequent Academic Consultant for OU/BBC astronomy co-productions,
My Erdos-Bacon-Sabbath number is 13.
Source: https://theconversation.com/profiles/andrew-norton-119347