He takes images of many cosmological objects, including comets, planets, novae, supernovae and asteroids from his observatory in Suffolk, England. He has written eight major astronomy books for Springer: Astronomical Equipment for Amateurs (1998); The New Amateur Astronomer (2004); Lunar and Planetary Webcam User's Guide (2006); Supernovae and How to Observe Them (2007); Total Solar Eclipses and How to Observe Them (2007); Cataclysmic Cosmic Events and How to Observe Them (2008); The Caldwell Objects and How to Observe Them (2009); Hunting and Imaging Comets (2010). Mobberley has written three children's 'Space' books: Space Navigator; Space Sticker book; Space: Answers to Questions About Voyage and Discovery. These small books were published by Top That! Publishing. Mobberley's ninth Springer book, entitled It Came from Outer Space, Wearing an RAF Blazer, a biography of Sir Patrick Moore, was published in 2013 and a follow-up book entitled Return to the Far Side of Planet Moore was published in 2015.
Mobberley joined the British Astronomical Association (BAA) in 1969, aged 11, and has held various posts in the organisation since the early 1980s, culminating in his presidency from 1997 to 1999. He also gave his first public lecture, on the subject of the imminent Apollo 11 Moon landing at age 11. He has written over 100 articles in various BAA publications as well as dozens more in the association's journal, The Astronomer magazine, Astronomy Now, Sky & Telescope, and the BBC The Sky at Night magazine. In 1997 the International Astronomical Union (IAU) named asteroid7239 as "Mobberley" in recognition of his services to astronomy. He was awarded the BAA's Goodacre Medal in 2000.
Mobberley has helped confirm a number of important astronomical discoveries since the 1980s, including the outburst of black hole candidate X-ray novaV404 Cygni in 1989 and several of Mark Armstrong's UK supernova discoveries. He is well known for his humorous and politically incorrect astronomy talks, which number well over 200. On 18 December 2003 he discovered a nova in the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31).
Mobberley filmed a three-hour interview with the prolific astronomical discoverer George Alcock in 1991, the only complete video interview ever granted by Alcock. Together with the late Ken Goward, Mobberley carried out detailed research into the astronomical life and telescopes of the stage and screen comedian Will Hay, who famously discovered a white spot on Saturn in 1933. Mobberley and Goward's research on this subject was published in the April 2009 Journal of the British Astronomical Association as a paper entitled Will Hay (1888 - 1949) and his telescopes.
He appeared on the BBC TV programme The Sky at Night ten times (thrice as sole guest) and his photographs and images appeared on the programme since 1982. He has also spoken on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Four about his hobby.
He graduated from Brunel University with an honours degree in electronic engineering in 1980. He worked for 22 years in industry (mainly as a software engineer) before becoming a full-time astronomy author in 2002.
Referencesedit
^Arditti, David (20 December 2007). Setting-Up a Small Observatory: From Concept to Construction. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 120. ISBN978-0-387-68621-9.
External linksedit
Martin Mobberley's website
January 01, 1970
martin, mobberley, this, article, multiple, issues, please, help, improve, discuss, these, issues, talk, page, learn, when, remove, these, template, messages, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, re. This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page especially if potentially libelous Find sources Martin Mobberley news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2019 Learn how and when to remove this message A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view Please discuss further on the talk page April 2019 Learn how and when to remove this message Learn how and when to remove this message Martin P Mobberley born 1958 is a British amateur astronomer 1 author and former electronics engineer He takes images of many cosmological objects including comets planets novae supernovae and asteroids from his observatory in Suffolk England He has written eight major astronomy books for Springer Astronomical Equipment for Amateurs 1998 The New Amateur Astronomer 2004 Lunar and Planetary Webcam User s Guide 2006 Supernovae and How to Observe Them 2007 Total Solar Eclipses and How to Observe Them 2007 Cataclysmic Cosmic Events and How to Observe Them 2008 The Caldwell Objects and How to Observe Them 2009 Hunting and Imaging Comets 2010 Mobberley has written three children s Space books Space Navigator Space Sticker book Space Answers to Questions About Voyage and Discovery These small books were published by Top That Publishing Mobberley s ninth Springer book entitled It Came from Outer Space Wearing an RAF Blazer a biography of Sir Patrick Moore was published in 2013 and a follow up book entitled Return to the Far Side of Planet Moore was published in 2015 Mobberley joined the British Astronomical Association BAA in 1969 aged 11 and has held various posts in the organisation since the early 1980s culminating in his presidency from 1997 to 1999 He also gave his first public lecture on the subject of the imminent Apollo 11 Moon landing at age 11 He has written over 100 articles in various BAA publications as well as dozens more in the association s journal The Astronomer magazine Astronomy Now Sky amp Telescope and the BBC The Sky at Night magazine In 1997 the International Astronomical Union IAU named asteroid 7239 as Mobberley in recognition of his services to astronomy He was awarded the BAA s Goodacre Medal in 2000 Mobberley has helped confirm a number of important astronomical discoveries since the 1980s including the outburst of black hole candidate X ray nova V404 Cygni in 1989 and several of Mark Armstrong s UK supernova discoveries He is well known for his humorous and politically incorrect astronomy talks which number well over 200 On 18 December 2003 he discovered a nova in the Andromeda Galaxy Messier 31 Mobberley filmed a three hour interview with the prolific astronomical discoverer George Alcock in 1991 the only complete video interview ever granted by Alcock Together with the late Ken Goward Mobberley carried out detailed research into the astronomical life and telescopes of the stage and screen comedian Will Hay who famously discovered a white spot on Saturn in 1933 Mobberley and Goward s research on this subject was published in the April 2009 Journal of the British Astronomical Association as a paper entitled Will Hay 1888 1949 and his telescopes He appeared on the BBC TV programme The Sky at Night ten times thrice as sole guest and his photographs and images appeared on the programme since 1982 He has also spoken on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Four about his hobby He graduated from Brunel University with an honours degree in electronic engineering in 1980 He worked for 22 years in industry mainly as a software engineer before becoming a full time astronomy author in 2002 References edit Arditti David 20 December 2007 Setting Up a Small Observatory From Concept to Construction Springer Science amp Business Media p 120 ISBN 978 0 387 68621 9 External links editMartin Mobberley s website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Martin Mobberley amp oldid 1145818977, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
