Dr. Alan Whiting

abw-at-star.sr.bham.ac.uk
Have sextant, will travel

Quick reference: published papers , the book , advice to new astronomy PhD students , five-color pictures , low-tech observing .

I am an Honorary Research Associate and Visiting Astronomer with the Astrophysics and Space Research Group here at the University of Birmingham. Most of the time I am off-site, currently working as a freelance consultant with Five Colors Science and Technology and as tutor with C2 Fairfax .


The Book:

How far can you trust a scientist?
Chosen by Physics World as one of the Top Ten Books of 2011.



Impression of a Roman seal ring from the first century BC/AD. Image © the Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; all rights reserved. Reproduction by permission.

I am a member of the American Association of Variable Star Observers ; the Royal Astronomical Society; the American Astronomical Society; and the International Astronomical Union.


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last updated 12 January 2024