PORTRAITS OF ASTRONOMERS - LIST of SITTERS.
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MARK BAILEY
Professor Mark Bailey MBE. Astrophysicist and Director of the Armagh Observatory. Portrait taken by window in London 10 May 2008
JOHN BARROW
Professor John Barrow FRS. Professor of Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge. Portrait taken in his office at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge July 24 2007
JOCELYN BELL BURNELL
Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE FRS. Visiting Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford and current President of the Institute of Physics, the first woman to hold the title.
Portrait taken in the Department of Astrophysics, Denys Wilkinson Building, overlooking Oxford 16 November 2007
KATHERINE BLUNDELL
Katherine Blundell, Royal Society University Research Fellow and Professor of Astrophysics. Portrait taken 1 July 2008 in the gardens of St John's College, Oxford where she is a Science Research Fellow.
ALEC BOKSENBERG
Professor Alexander Boksenberg CBE FRS Honorary Professor of Experimental Astronomy, University of Cambridge and Chair, United Kingdom National Commission for UNESCO.
The portrait of him, holding an intensifying television camera relating to the Image Photon Counting System, was taken at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge April 21 2008
JOHN C BROWN
Professor John C. Brown Regius Professor of Astronomy, University of Glasgow (Chair founded 1760) and 10th Astronomer Royal for Scotland (founded 1834) Portrait taken in the Kelvin Building, University of Glasgow, during a thunderstorm, 28 April 2008
MARGARET BURBIDGE
Professor Margaret Burbidge FRS Astrophysicist and currently Professor Emeritus of Physics at UCSD (University of California at San Diego) where she helped develop the faint object spectrograph in 1990 for the Hubble Space Telescope.
The portrait was taken, whilst she was over on a visit from America, in the Goring Hotel, London April 15 2008
SANDRA CHAPMAN
Sandra Chapman, Professor of Astrophysics and Director of the Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, University of Warwick, Coventry. Portrait taken at the Institute of Physics, Portland Place, London 23 June 2008
LEN CULHANE
Professor Len Culhane FRS Portrait taken at the UCL Department of Space and Climate Physics, Mullard Space Laboratory, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey June 26 2008
MICHELE DOUGHERTY
Professor Michele Dougherty, Professor of Space Physics, Imperial College, London. Portrait taken at The Blackett Laboratory, Prince Consort Road, London 16 May 2008. In the background is a 1/25th size model of the Cassini spacecraft which is currently in orbit studying the planet Saturn and it's moons. Michele Dougherty is responsible for the magnetometer instrument which resides on the long 11 metre boom protruding off the side of the spacecraft
GEORGE EFSTATHIOU
Professor George Efstathiou FRS Director of the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge (2004-2008) and now Director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge (due to be opened summer 2009). Portrait taken in the University Observatory Library 28 September 2007
YVONNE ELSWORTH
Professor Yvonne Elsworth. Portrait taken April 17 2008 on the roof of the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston where she and her team work on the BiSON (Birmingham Solar-Oscillations Network). This consists of six globally distributed remote sites where the Sun is observed as near continuously as possible and whose instruments observe global modes of oscillation that probe the deep solar interior.
In the background is a 12 foot diameter dome, similar to those deployed in the network, which is used to test equipment and for the training of staff.
ANDREW FABIAN
Professor Andrew Fabian OBE FRS , Royal Society Research Professor at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge and current President of the Royal Astronomical Society. The portrait was taken at the Institute of Astronomy April 14 2008
CARLOS FRENK
Professor Carlos Frenk FRS Director, Institute for Computational Cosmology, Durham University. The portrait was taken November 13 2007 and shows in the background a map of the dark matter in the âMillennium Simulationâ, the biggest supercomputer simulation to date of the evolution of the Universe from the Big Bang to the present day
GERARD GILMORE
Gerard Gilmore, Professor of Experimental Philosophy and Deputy Director, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge. Professor Gilmore is seated on the historic Northumberland telescope (donated by the Duke of Northumberland in the 1830s). The portrait was taken at the Institute of Astronomy April 14 2008
MONICA GRADY
Monica Grady, Professor of Planetary and Space Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes holding a meteorite from Mars. Portrait taken on April 10 2008
FRANCIS GRAHAM-SMITH
Sir Francis Graham-Smith, 13th Astronomer Royal. The portrait was taken 14 November 2007 in the grounds of Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire, where he was a former Director (1980-1990)
STEPHEN HAWKING
Professor Stephen Hawking CH CBE FRS. Theoretical physicist and Lucasian Professor of mathematics at the University of Cambridge. The portrait was taken at the Department of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge on 11 June 2008
ANTONY HEWISH
Professor Antony Hewish FRS Radio Astronomer and Nobel Laureate in Physics (1974). The portrait was taken 6 July 2007 in the control room of the One Mile Telescope, designed by the late Martin Ryle, at the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory at Lordâs Bridge near Cambridge.
The name, One Mile, reflects the fact that the three dishes are equivalent to a single giant reflector one mile in diameter
GARRY HUNT
Garry Hunt, Professor of Atmospheric Physics, photographed at home in West Wimbledon 21 June 2007. On his laptop can be seen a view of Saturn where Professor Hunt is studying the varied cloud patterns and weather systems of this giant planet
CAROLE JORDAN
Professor Dame Carole Jordan DBE FRS First ever female president of the Royal Astronomical Society(1994), Head of Theoretical Physics, the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, Oxford (1996-2008). The portrait was taken in the nearby gardens of The Universities Parks 16 November 2007
MALCOLM LONGAIR
Malcolm Longair CBE FRS FRSE. Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy and Director of Development, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. The portrait was taken in the museum at the Cavendish Laboratory 28 September 2007. The desk (right) belonged to James Clerk Maxwell, (1831-1879), the first Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics.
The apparatus pictured with him is Maxwell's experiment to determine the dependence of the viscosity of gases upon pressure and temperature, a key test of the kinetic theory of gases
BERNARD LOVELL
Sir Bernard Lovell OBE FRS Physicist and Radio Astronomer. The portrait was taken 14 November 2007 in the control room at Jodrell Bank Observatory, Cheshire, which he established in 1945 in order to investigate cosmic rays after his work on radar in the Second World War.
In the background is the Lovell Telescope which he constructed with university funding. When it was built in the mid 1950s the telescope was the largest steerable dish radio telescope in the world at 76.2m (250ft) in diameter; even now it is the third largest, after the Green Bank and Effelsberg telescopes and forms part of the MERLIN and European VLB1 Network arrays of radio telescopes
DONALD LYNDEN-BELL
Donald Lynden-Bell CBE FRS Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge. Best known for his theories that galaxies contain massive black holes at their centre and that such black holes are the principal source of energy in quasars
The portrait was taken in his study at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge April 21 2008
LEON MESTEL
Leon Mestel FRS Emeritus Professor of Astronomy at the University of Sussex,
whose astrophysical research interests include stellar structure and evolution, star formation and cosmical magnetism, especially pulsar electrodynamics. The portrait was taken at the University of Sussex, Brighton 4 April 2008
PATRICK MOORE
Sir Patrick Moore CBE FRS is an amateur astronomer who has attained prominent status in astronomy as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter of the subject and who is credited as having done more than any other to raise the profile of astronomy among the British general public. He is the presenter of the longest running television series (with the same original presenter), The Sky at Night, on the BBC which has just celebrated its fiftieth anniversary.
The portrait was taken at his home in Selsey, West Sussex 5 June 2007. In the background on the wall is a clock showing the phases of the moon by the astronomical artist David Hardy and on the desk an orrery presented by the British Astronomical Association to celebrate 70 years of membership
CAROLE MUNDELL
Carole Mundell, Professor of Extragalactic Astronomy, Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University. Her research interests centre around observational studies of some of the most violent objects in the Universe- active galactic nuclei and gamma ray bursts.
The portrait was taken April 29 2008 at her home in Buckley, Flintshire, with her computer and mobile phone, ready to respond to any alerts from satellites of the occurrence of a new GRB
JOHN PEACOCK
John Peacock FRS FRSE Professor of Cosmology and Head of the Institute of Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, photographed at the Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh 28 April 2008 . In the background is a picture showing the distribution of galaxies as seen in the 2dF (Two-degree Field) Galaxy Redshift Survey which was a UK-Australia collaboration of over 30 astronomers, of which he was the UK Chairman.
ROGER PENROSE
Sir Roger Penrose OM, FRS Mathematical physicist and Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford. He is renowned for his work in mathematical physics, in particular his contributions to general relativity and cosmology and is also a recreational mathematician and philosopher.
The portrait was taken at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford 4 March 2008
MARGARET PENSTON
Professor Margaret Penston MBE photographed at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge on July 24 2007
KEN POUNDS
Professor Ken Pounds CBE FRS Emeritus Professor of Space Physics, University of Leicester photographed at the Department of Physics and Astronomy on April 17 2008. The hardware in the background at the front is part of the mechanical assembly for the Wide Field Camera, a UK telescope which was flown on the German satellite ROSAT in 1990. Over the following year the WFC, for which Professor Pounds was the Project Scientist, carried out the first all-sky survey in the Extreme Ultra Violet.
In the photograph are two X-ray mirrors which were developed as part of the ESA X-ray Observatory, XMM-Newton, another mission which he was involved with, launched in 2000 and still operational. The mirrors are formed of thin shells of nickel, coated with gold to improve their reflectivity
LORD MARTIN REES
Sir Martin Rees OM PRS 15th Astronomer Royal, Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge and also Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. Portrait taken 6 September 2007 at the Royal Society, London
MICHAEL ROWAN-ROBINSON
Professor Michael Rowan-Robinson, Head of the Astrophysics Group at Imperial College, London (1993-2007) and former President of the Royal Astronomical Society (2006-2008) photographed at the Department of Physics, Imperial College, London June 28 2007. Behind him are optical images of prominent infrared galaxies
JOSEPH SILK
Professor Joseph Silk is the Savilian Chair of Astronomy, University of Oxford. He came to the UK in 1999 to take up the position of Chairman of the Oxford Astrophysics Department following a nearly 30 year career at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Silk is an expert on galaxy formation, structure and clustering.
Portrait taken 16 November 2007 in the Department of Physics, Oxford
NIGEL WEISS
Professor Nigel Weiss FRS is a leader in the field of astrophysical and geophysical Fluid dynamics. The portrait was taken at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge 11 June 2008.
The poster image in the background is of the Sun's surface, showing a sunspot and smaller magnetic features, as well as photospheric granulation, and was obtained at La Palma in the Canary Islands, with the 1-m Swedish Solar Telescope of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
SIMON WHITE
Professor Simon White FRS Managing Director, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany photographed in my studio in London 26 July 2008. The poster in the background shows images of the so-called Millenium Simulation, a supercomputer simulation of the growth of large-scale structure in the Universe. The bright regions are places where there is predicted to be lots of material and the dark regions are places where there is very little. The calculations followed how gravity makes structure grow as the Universe ages
ARNOLD WOLFENDALE
Sir Arnold Wolfendale FRS Emeritus Professor of Physics, Durham University and Former Astronomer Royal (14th Astronomer Royal, 1991-1995). Portrait taken on 20 September 2007 at the Royal Society, London. Sir Arnold is holding a replica of a reflecting telescope designed and developed by Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727). The earliest telescopes, such as those used by Galileo, consisted of glass lenses, but Newtonâs telescope used mirrors instead to bring light to focus
JOHN ZARNECKI
John Zarnecki, Professor of Space Science at The Open University, Milton Keynes, has taken part in several high profile space probe missions and is an expert on space debris, space dust and impacts. The portrait was taken 10 April 2008 in the Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute at The Open University. Behind him is a ¼ scale model of the European Space Agency's Huygens probe which was launched in 1997.
Professor Zarnecki was Principal Investigator for one of the six scientific instruments carried onboard. After a 3.5 billion km journey, it parachuted to the surface of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, in January 2005
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