Vincent Cartledge Reddish (28 April 1926 – 2 January 2015) was a British astronomer who spent much of his career in Edinburgh, where he made significant contributions to British optical astronomy.
[2] In 1978, Reddish announced his intention to resign from his position[3] although he remained in post until September 1980[4]), then began a private life at Rannoch Station in Perthshire, undertaking controversial research on dowsing, as well as less controversial work on the design of Chinese Junk sails.
Reddish's personal research was in the fields of stellar clusters, and later in galaxy evolution[5] .
During the 1960s and 1970s, he co-led the creation of "GALAXY", an automated plate measuring machine; led the development of the UK Schmidt Telescope in Australia,[6] and spearheaded the early development of a radically new facility, a four metre class IR telescope in Hawaii (UKIRT).
After his resignation in 1980, he could pursue his research in this area, leading eventually to a book and some technical papers.