astronomy | Astronomy | Photometry (astronomy) | X-ray astronomy | RTMC Astronomy Expo | radio astronomy | National Radio Astronomy Observatory | International Year of Astronomy | observational learning | National Optical Astronomy Observatory | Indian astronomy | Chinese astronomy | Astronomy for Dogs | Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey | UK Astronomy Technology Centre | transit (astronomy) | ToruĊ Centre for Astronomy | Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory | Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics | Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics | infrared astronomy | Aurora (astronomy) | Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy | School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester | School of Physics and Astronomy | Savilian Professor of Astronomy | Replica of Jansky's radio telescope, now at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory | Radar astronomy | Provisional designation in astronomy | Perturbation (astronomy) |
John C. McConnell FRAS, who was born in 1946, comes from Maghaberry, Northern Ireland, and is well known among both professional and amateur astronomers, takes a particular interest in observational astronomy and astrophotography, and also in the history of Irish astronomy, where he has amassed a vast collection of material.
Houck pioneered infrared observational astronomy, designing detectors and spectrographs that were flown on sounding rockets in the 1960s, on airborne observatories in the 1970s, and the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) in 1984 and the Spitzer Space Telescope in 2003.