Brian May, founder, member, songwriter and guitarist with the rock band Queen, and co-creator of the internationally successful rock theatrical, We Will Rock You, is also a Doctor of Astrophysics, a leading campaigner for animal rights, and a lifelong 3-D photography enthusiast.

Most recently, he has become a successful publisher, dedicated to sharing his vast collection of Victorian stereo photographs with the world through the books released by the London Stereoscopic Company (a fond recreation of the highly successful company of the same name founded in 1854).

Brian currently tours with Queen for much of the year with Adam Lambert as lead vocalist, as well as composing, recording and performing in collaboration with West End star Kerry Ellis, an original luminary of the cast of We Will Rock You.

His many other recent projects include working on 3-D 360-degree virtual reality movies, and the much-anticipated biopic of Freddie Mercury, which commences filming in September this year. Brian lives in London with his wife, his partner for over thirty years, actress Anita Dobson.

Christopher Lintott, PhD, FRAS is a British astrophysicist, author and broadcaster. He is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Oxford and is the founder of both Galaxy Zoo and the Zooniverse that grew from it. Chris is interested in how galaxies form and evolve, and how citizen science can change the world. Chris has written two books with Brian May and Patrick Moore:Bang! (2006) andThe Cosmic Tourist (2012); his third, solo, bookThe Crowd and the Cosmos: Adventures in the Zooniverse was released in 2019. He is also the primary presenter of the BBC television seriesThe Sky at Night, having previously been co-presenter with Patrick Moore until his death in 2012. Patrick started the programme in 1957 and it is the longest running TV programme in the world.

Sir Patrick Moore is best remembered as the presenter of the world's longest running television programme - BBC TV'sThe Sky at Night - which was first broadcast in 1957. He is the author of more than 80 books, and has played a unique role in astronomy education and popularizing science through six decades. He was knighted in 2001, the same year he was appointed an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society. In 2002 Buzz Aldrin presented him with a BAFTA award for services to television. He passed in 2012 and the Science Museum acquired a large collection of his objects and papers.

Hannah Wakeford, PhD, FRAS is a lecturer in Astrophysics at the University of Bristol, where she researches the atmospheres of exoplanets. She studied for a Masters in Space Physics at Aberystwyth University with field studies in Svalbard to measure the aurora, and completed her PhD thesis on exoplanets at the University of Exeter before heading to the USA to work at NASA and STScl. Alongside her research she runs the monthly podcastExocast all about exoplanet science. Away from academia, she has been a scuba diver for nearly two decades and has a deep love of the making of TV, film, and theatre.