Education
Ridpath attended Beal Grammar School in Ilford where he wrote astronomy articles for the school magazine.
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Collins Pocket Guide - Stars and Planets by Ian Ridpath (2001-02-05)
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Collins Pocket Guide to Stars and Planets by Ian Ridpath (1994-09-01)
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Collins Stars and Planets Guide
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Previously entitled 'Collins Pocket Guide Stars and Planets', this classic guide to the night sky enters its fourth edition as part of the authoritative 'Collins Guide' series. A comprehensive guide to all the stars and celestial objects visible with the use of binoculars or an average-sized telescope, this fully revised edition features updated and extended text, improved sky charts, and new diagrams and photographs. Includes: * Unique yearly planetary data, available as a downloadable web resource www.collins.co.uk/starsandplanets * Monthly sky maps of the northern and southern hemispheres, so you can identify constellations and bright stars from various latitudes throughout the year * Descriptions of all the 88 constellations and their stars opposite a specially prepared chart showing the constellation in relation to the surrounding skies * Detailed information on stars, nebulae, galaxies, the Moon and the Solar System * Practical advice on choosing and using binoculars and telescopes In addition to the charts and diagrams, the text is accompanied by many photographs throughout, making this the most practical and comprehensive guide to the night sky.
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Collins Pocket Guide to Stars and Planets
(Revised and updated, this guide features: monthly sky map...)
Revised and updated, this guide features: monthly sky maps of the nothern and southern hemispheres to enable recognition of the constellations and stars throughout the year; descriptions of each of the 88 constellations and their stars opposite a specially prepared sky chart, showing the constellation in relation to the surrounding skies; a map of the moon's features; and advice on choosing and using binoculars and telescopes, and how to take simple astronomical photographs.
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Guide to Stars and Planets (Collins Field Guide) by Ian Ridpath (1984-11-29)
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Pocket Guide to Stars and Planets (Collins Pocket Guide)
(Now in its third edition, this guide has been fully revis...)
Now in its third edition, this guide has been fully revised and updated in the light of recent developments, making it a practical and comprehensive guide to the sky at night.
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Ian Ridpath
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As a unidentified flying object sceptic, he investigated and explained the Rendlesham Forest Incident of December 1980. Before entering publishing he was an assistant in the lunar research group at the University of London Observatory, Mill Hill. He now lives in Brentford, Middlesex.
He is editor of the Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy and Norton"s Star Atlas, and author of observing guides such as The Monthly Sky Guide and the Collins Stars and Planets Guide (the latter two with charts by Wil Tirion, and both continuously in print for over 25 years).
He is a contributor to the Dorling Kindersley encyclopedia Universe, and a former editor of the United Kingdom quarterly magazine Popular Astronomy. His early books on the subject of extraterrestrial life and interstellar travel – Worlds Beyond (1975), Messages from the Stars (1978) and Life off Earth (1983) – led him to investigate UFOs.
But he became a sceptic, a position reinforced by his findings about the Rendlesham case. He was one of the first to offer an explanation for the so-called Sirius Mystery involving the supposedly advanced astronomical knowledge of the Dogon people of Mali, west Africa.
He was a space expert for LBC Radio from the 1970s into the 1990s, and was also seen on British Broadcasting Corporation television’s Breakfast Time programme in its early years.
lieutenant was for Breakfast Time that he first investigated the Rendlesham Forest unidentified flying object case. His star show Planet Earth ran at the London Planetarium from February 1993 to January 1995. lieutenant was the last show to use the planetarium"s original Zeiss optical projector.
From 1993 to 1995 he was Race Director of the Polytechnic Marathon from Windsor to Chiswick, Britain’s oldest marathon race which traced its origins back to the 1908 Olympic Marathon.
In that role, he was involved in a public controversy over the ownership of the Sporting Life marathon trophy, originally awarded to winners of the Polytechnic Marathon, which was claimed in 1994 by the London Marathon. The Polytechnic Marathon was last held in 1996.
A keen astro-philatelist, he is chairman of the Astro Space Stamp Society.
Achievements
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In 2012 he received the Astronomical Society of the Pacific’s Klumpke-Roberts Award for outstanding contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy. In 1990 he won an award in The Aventis Prizes for Science Books (in the under-8 children"s books category) for The Giant Book of Space.
Works
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Collins Pocket Guide to Stars and Planets
(Revised and updated, this guide features: monthly sky map...)
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Collins Stars and Planets Guide
(Previously entitled 'Collins Pocket Guide Stars and Plane...)
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Pocket Guide to Stars and Planets (Collins Pocket Guide)
(Now in its third edition, this guide has been fully revis...)
- Collins Pocket Guide - Stars and Planets by Ian Ridpath (2001-02-05)
- Collins Pocket Guide to Stars and Planets by Ian Ridpath (1994-09-01)
- Guide to Stars and Planets (Collins Field Guide) by Ian Ridpath (1984-11-29)
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Collins Pocket Guide to Stars and Planets
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Nationality
English
Awards
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In 2012 he received the Astronomical Society of the Pacific’s Klumpke-Roberts Award for outstanding contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy. In 1990 he won an award in The Aventis Prizes for Science Books (in the under-8 children's books category) for The Giant Book of Space. The Klumpke-Roberts Award, one of seven international and national awards for service to astronomy and astronomy education given by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, was established from a bequest by astronomer Dorothea Klumpke-Roberts to honor her husband Isaac Roberts and her parents.In 2012 he received the Astronomical Society of the Pacific’s Klumpke-Roberts Award for outstanding contributions to the public understanding and appreciation of astronomy. In 1990 he won an award in The Aventis Prizes for Science Books (in the under-8 children's books category) for The Giant Book of Space. The Klumpke-Roberts Award, one of seven international and national awards for service to astronomy and astronomy education given by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, was established from a bequest by astronomer Dorothea Klumpke-Roberts to honor her husband Isaac Roberts and her parents.