Our Patron, Professor Chris Lintott
You can find out more about Chris here
Visit of professor Chris Lintott on 13/04/2023
Chris came and visited us at TBGS in the The Forum for a talk on “How the Universe can still surprises us”. Followed by a tour of the Observatory to see how we were getting on with the C14 main telescope.
Visit of Professor Chris Lintott on 21/03/2019
Professor Chris Lintott delivered a lecture on all the recent goings-on in astronomy, titled "The State of the Universe", to a packed room at Torquay Museum on the 21st of March 2019.
Here he is pictured with some of the Torbay Astronomical Society members who stayed behind after his talk:
Visit of Professor Chris Lintott on 5/11/2014
On the 5th of November, Professor Lintott visited Torquay Museum to give a talk. He is pictured here with society members:
Visit of Dr Chris Lintott on 13/02/2014
On the 13th of February, we were lucky enough to have Dr Chris Lintott visit Torquay for two reasons.
In the afternoon, Dr Lintott spoke to students and staff of Torquay Boys' Grammar School before unveiling the refurbished observatory in front of select invitees. The old 19" Newtonian Reflector has been removed to make way for a new Celestron C1400 EdgeHD, a Schmidt Cassegrain Telescope (SCT) with funds coming from the school, donations from the Torbay Astronomical Society, (TAS) and Spirent Communications, This high definition system is situated on an EQ8 mount with full GOTO facilities and can be used to capture wide field, astrograph quality images. This will allow better ease of use for members of the society and students at the school.
In the evening, Chris gave the Hedley Robinson Memorial Lecture on the topic of “How to discover a planet from your sofa”. His excellent talk was presented with humour, knowledge and passion and we all wish Chris the best of luck in finding "Planet Lintott"!
Below is a picture of Professor Lintott with society life members Dennis and Liz Humphreys taken that day.
