- MEMBERS -
On this page you can find out more about us, as a society and faces you may see at future events.
Members can use the 'Members Area' where they can access Members Pages and further information about individual members of the Astronomy Society.
Members can use the 'Members Area' where they can access Members Pages and further information about individual members of the Astronomy Society.
-THE COMMITTEE -
- THE CHAIRMAN -
Hugh Allen
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Chris Starr FRAS FBIS
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Hugh Allen is the Chairman of Wells and Mendip Astronomers taking over from Chris Starr who founded the Group in 2013.
Hugh keenly promotes spectroscopy and is a member of the British Astronomical Association and The William Herschel Society
Hugh keenly promotes spectroscopy and is a member of the British Astronomical Association and The William Herschel Society
- VICE CHAIRMAN -
Keith Cattell
Keith Cattell has been the Vice Chairman of Wells and Mendip Astronomers since the Group was founded in 2013. Keith has a particular interest in astrobiology and is keen to raise public awareness of astronomy to a new generation of astronomers.
- TREASURER -
Dick Cummings
Dick Cummings has been Treasurer since the Group was founded in 2013. Dick is an armchair astronomer with a passion for the promotion of astronomy as a gateway to a wider understanding of science and engineering.
- SECRETARY -
Dani Roca
Dani Roca is the Secretary for Wells and Mendip Astronomers. She has a great all round knowledge of astronomical subjects and is one of the many friendly faces of the society.
- EVENTS & OUTREACH COORDINATOR -
Jo Richardson
Jo Richardson is the Events Coordinator for Wells and Mendip Astronomers. She is an ESERO UK Space Ambassador for the South-West of England and is involved with ongoing projects from the European Space Agency (ESA). She owns her own space business - 'Space Detectives' - to educate and raise public awareness of astronomy to school children across the South-West.
- THE MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY -
Richard Hook
Richard Hook is the Membership Secretary for Wells and Mendip Astronomers and its Data Protection Officer, and is key to maintaining the membership of the society. Richard worked for many years at the European Southern Observatory in Germany, first on Hubble data processing and more recently as press officer. He is now retired and slowly learning deep sky astrophotography from his garden in Glastonbury...
- TECHNICAL ADVISOR -
Mark Woodland FRAS
Mark Woodland is the Technical Advisor for Wells and Mendip Astronomers, and is also reponsible for liaison with the Charterhouse Observatory where he helped refurbish the 18" Fullerscope . He is a National STEM Leader and takes a great interest in a number of astronomical topics - from astrophotography, to exoplanets and the latest Space Missions.
- THE JUNIOR SECTION LEADERS -
Alex Richardson
Josh Dury
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Lilli Helps
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Ben Sutlieff
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Alex Richardson is the latest Junior Section Leader whose role is to engage a younger audience in astronomy. Alex is a keen scientist with a passion for astronomy outreach.
Our first Junior Leader, Ben Sutlieff is now studying for a PhD in exoplanet research at The University of Amsterdam, Lilli Helps is in the final year of her Bachelor of Science/Masters in Astrophysics at The University of Leicester and Josh Dury graduated from Bristol UWE in Photography and worked on The BBC's Sky at Night.
Our first Junior Leader, Ben Sutlieff is now studying for a PhD in exoplanet research at The University of Amsterdam, Lilli Helps is in the final year of her Bachelor of Science/Masters in Astrophysics at The University of Leicester and Josh Dury graduated from Bristol UWE in Photography and worked on The BBC's Sky at Night.
PUBLICITY OFFICER
Lilli Helps
Lilli Helps is our Publicity Officer and ensures that details of our forthcoming events and activities are published in as many places as possible, and maintains our profile on social media. Lilli has been a member of Wells & Mendip Astronomers since August 2014. While studying physics with astrophysics at the University of Leicester she was President of the University Astronomy and Rocketry Society for 2 years and became a volunteer for UK SEDS, the national student space society,
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