MIKE FROST - ASTRONOMY TALKS


 

 PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 2024 - "ECLIPSE AND REVELATION" (OUP)

 

Hi! My name is Mike Frost. I live in Warwickshire, England. For my day job, I am a systems engineer working in the steel industry .

In my spare time, I am an astronomer. I chase eclipses and I visit astronomical sites worldwide. Here I am as Astro-Trails' guest astronomer at the Texas eclipse of 2024 (the clouds cleared, and we saw the eclipse!) 

I am a member of Coventry and Warwickshire Astronomy Society ,  The Society for the History of Astronomy ,

The British Astronomical Association   and  The Royal Astronomical Society.

I also write articles and give talks to societies around the UK (and beyond!).

These are the talks which I give:-
 

1 The Green Flash
2 The Arms of Buddha
3 Rainbows
4 Camera Obscuras
5 How to Lose Weight
6 Isaac Newton and the Surrey Pumas
7 Norman Lockyer
8 Jeremiah Horrocks - A Very Curious Astronomer
9 Jeremiah Horrocks, Samuel Foster, Nathaniel Nye - A Detective Story
10 Jeremiah Horrocks and New England
11 A Warwickshire Eclipse
12 The Accidental Death of an Anarchist
13 The Rector of South Kilworth
14 Two Northamptonshire Astronomers
15 Drawing The Line
16 The Yerkes Observatory
17 Pioneering Women of The BAA
18 Reverend George Fisher: Arctic Astronomer
19 Erwin Finlay Freundlich: Einstein's Collaborator
20 Dark Matter
21 Robotic Explorers in Space
22 Eclipse and Revelation
23 An Arctic Eclipse
24 Gerhana Mata Hari
25 The Great American Eclipse
26 Land of the Mid-Day Dusk
27 The Great Argentinian Eclipse
28 Against the Odds: a Patagonian Eclipse
29 Southwest Special: a Bluebonnet Eclipse

 

 

Interested? Email me! Use the email facility at the page end.

Check out My Publications

Here are some links to my favourite places on the web:-

Coventry & Warwickshre Astronomical Society

 

Society for the History of Astronomy | Shedding light on the History of Astronomy

British Astronomical Association - Home

The Royal Astronomical Society

CfDS - The Commission for Dark Skies. An Anti Light Pollution Organisation.

The Astronomy Centre, Todmorden

Astronomy Now On-Line

A Green Flash Page

The Tswaing/Soutpan Meteor Crater

Being in the Shadow (check out the eclipse chaser videos!)

In April 2009, I entered the NESTA Famelab science communication competition

 (Brief) Appearance in Famelab (50s into video)

 

In April 2010, I became director of the Historical Section of the British Astronomical Association

British Astronomical Association - Historical Section

Click here to view an interview I gave to the BAA about my role as Section Director

Let me know what you think about my page. Send mail by clicking here.

 

Last updated:  03 Jul 2024