Kevin Quinn

I’ve been a night sky enthusiast since childhood, but only got my first telescope when well into my 30s. After several false starts with poor quality equipment, I now own a Skywatcher 250PX 10-inch reflector (on a Dobsonian mount), and a couple of pairs of binoculars. I’m mainly visual, but occasionally take the odd smartphone shots.

I live in the village of Piddletrenthide in West Dorset, where I mainly observe the Bortle 4 sky from my back garden. I hold ad hoc stargazing sessions in and around Dorchester, and usually announce these on the Dorchester Area Stargazers Facebook group (which is open to anyone to join).

I've helped several local Cubs and Scouts groups get their Astronomy badges, gave talks on stargazing in general, wrote several articles for the online Dorset-Eye magazine, wrote a bi-monthly stargazing piece for the village magazine, and also a regular piece for The West Dorset Magazine.

I went on to write four books on astronomy/stargazing, and am currently working on my fifth. Details on my Amazon Author page: https://amazon.com/author/kevquinn