I have talks on the following topics which have been given to astronomical, scientific, natural history, photographic and philosophical societies. Please email me for further details.
Setting-up a Small Observatory Astro-imaging from the City High-resolution Imaging of the Bright Planets A history of Cosmology What Astronomy can I do from a City? Andrew Ainslie Common: the First Modern Astronomer Using the f/2 HyperStar System for Deep sky Imaging Observing Jupiter and Saturn Observing the Terrestrial Planets Astronomical Paris: the Celestial, the Occult and the Macabre Using the HyperStar system for Deep Sky Imaging Recent developments in amateur planetary imaging David Down Under (on astronomy in Australia, a travelogue about my visit to the 2012 eclipse) Tycho Brahe, Hven, and the Danish contribution to astronomy Imaging the Planets Observing the MoonObserving Mercury and Venus
Basics of astronomical equipment