Martin Lewis

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Although for many years exclusively a visual observer, interested in sketching the deep sky, I have, since 2007, also become an active planetary imager. I have two home-built Dobsonian Newtonian scopes- a 222mm aperture ('Mr. Orb Inspector') and a 444mm aperture ('Fossil Light'). I use both for visual and planetary imaging. For imaging these sit on a home-built synchronous motor driven equatorial platform. I also run a home-made AllSky camera from time to time. In the night-time I observe and image from my back garden in St Albans, whilst in the daytime I am principal engineer for a Cambridge based X-ray scintillation company. I am interested in all aspects of the sky and my drawings images and other thoughts and investigations can be found on my website; www.skyinspector.co.uk . I am treasurer and membership secretary of the West of London Astronomical Society (www.WOLAS.org.uk), an advisor on the BAA Equipment and Techniques section and assistant to the director of the BAA Mars section. My Twitter handle is @SkyInspector

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