Dave Dickinson

David Dickinson is a U.S. Air Force enlisted veteran, Earth Science teacher, and long time amateur astronomer. He has built and operated telescopes and observatories in both hemispheres and walks the Earth with a mission of getting eyes on the sky.

He is the author of The Ultimate Guide to Viewing the Cosmos as well as The Backyard Astronomer’s Field Guide: How to Find the Best Objects the Night Sky has to Offer [Page Street Publishing, July 2020].

He is a frequent contributor to Universe Today and Sky & Telescope, and tweets what’s going on in the sky as @Astroguyz on Twitter.

His current base camp of operations is in Norfolk, Virginia.