Astronomers to explain sky gazing at Moray House Trust virtual event today

Moray House Trust in collaboration with the Amateur Astronomers Association of Guyana presents Astronomy in the Caribbean, a virtual event today at 5 pm for all astronomy enthusiasts. The event will be led by four experts who have delved into astronomy professionally and as a hobby.

The panel includes Trinidadian Astronomer and Science Educator Shirin Haque, PhD, who was the recipient of the Excellence Laureate in Science and Technology award at the 2020 Anthony Sabga Caribbean Awards. She is also the first woman to be awarded the Caricom Science Award in 2018. A former deputy dean in the Faculty of Science and Technology and former head of the Department of Physics at the University of the West Indies, Haque is currently the programme director for the Caribbean hub in radio astronomy through the National Radio Astronomy Observatory and National Outreach Coordinator in International Astronomical Union.

Amateur Astronomer and Astrophotographer David Marshall is president of the Barbados Astronomical Society. He first became passionate about astronomy following Halley’s Comet in 1986. He later went on to do scientific work in the form of spectroscopy and photometry and is a member of today’s panel.