{"id":64,"date":"2014-09-09T11:33:44","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T11:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/?page_id=64"},"modified":"2020-02-06T14:10:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T14:10:43","slug":"about-the-centre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/?page_id=64","title":{"rendered":"About Nick"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Nick Lister has taught astronomy, to all ages and levels, for over thirty years. He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and is passionate about &#8216;getting people involved&#8217; in this wonderful science.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ww.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-527\" src=\"http:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ww-768x1024.png\" alt=\"ww\" width=\"222\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ww-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ww-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/ww.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #003366;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_485\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-485\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-485 size-medium\" title=\"wgillie\" src=\"http:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/wgillie-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/wgillie-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/wgillie.png 766w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-485\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong><em>On BBC Radio with John Gillmore &#8230;<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_525\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sww.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-525\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-525 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sww-1024x768.png\" alt=\"sww\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sww.png 1024w, https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sww-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><strong>&#8230; and on BBC Breakfast Television<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sw.png\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 1999 he joined the independent, co-educational, Rossall School in Lancashire as Astronomer in residence. His first task was to oversee the restoration of the school\u2019s \u2018Cooke &amp; Sons\u2019 Victorian refracting telescope back to scientific working condition and it is now the only one of its type in operation anywhere in the world.<\/p>\n<h4>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sw.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-524 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sw-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sw-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/sw.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">In 2004 Nick successfully gained funding for the establishment of the Astronomy Centre upon the school&#8217;s grounds, and oversaw its development and construction, through to the formal opening in 2005.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #bd1d7d;\"><em>Message from Nick:<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;\"><em>&#8220;ALL our courses are aimed at enthusing <strong>everyone <\/strong>(!) &#8211;\u00a0 always full of the best &#8216;wow factors&#8217; surrounding this tremendous subject &#8211; none of them are &#8216;hard&#8217; or &#8216;complex&#8217;.\u00a0 This is <strong>YOUR <\/strong>centre &#8211;\u00a0<strong>YOUR <\/strong>chance to <strong>do some astronomy<\/strong>.\u00a0 If you <\/em><em>have <strong>ANY <\/strong>questions, need more information, or if you have any other specific ideas or needs regarding &#8216;anything astronomical&#8217;, please do get in touch!\u00a0 Email, or ring if your prefer (please leave a message if I&#8217;m not &#8216;in the office&#8217; &#8211; I will always return your call&#8230;)&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 30px;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Email: <a href=\"mailto:nick@astronomyforall.co.uk\">nick@astronomyforall.co.uk<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4>Telephone number:\u00a0\u00a001253 772974<\/h4>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Nick Lister has taught astronomy, to all ages and levels, for over thirty years. He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and is passionate about &#8216;getting people involved&#8217; in this wonderful science. \u00a0 \u00a0 In 1999 he &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/?page_id=64\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":78,"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":828,"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/64\/revisions\/828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronomyforall.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}