Ed Ting

Ed Ting is a well-known amateur astronomer.  His works have appeared in Sky & Telescope, Night Sky, Skywatch, Amateur Astronomy, Discover, and Popular Mechanics magazines.  His writings have been translated into several languages, and he speaks frequently on the topics of astronomy and astrophotography.  He has been on New Hampshire Public Radio, and on the Manchester, NH TV program, Star Hop.  His web site, www.scopereviews.com, is a widely-read telescope review web site.  He is a National Science Foundation Ambassador to Chile and a NASA Solar System Ambassador.  He holds a BS in Engineering from the University of Illinois and an MFA from the New Hampshire Institute of Art, where he teaches a course on astrophotography.  He is currently in graduate school at Dartmouth, where he intends to write a thesis on astroimaging.