Bob P. King

Robert P. King (known professionally as AstroBob), born , is an American photographer, writer, and an amateur astronomer. He publishes an astronomy blog called Astro Bob which is "widely read and respected" according to astronomer Bob Mizon. He joined the Chicago Astronomical Society and gave presentations there. He graduated with a teaching degree in the German language at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Career King moved to Duluth, Minnesota in 1979 to become a photographer for the Duluth News Tribune and became a photo editor in 1990, retiring in 2018. The darker skies of Duluth helped him renew his interest in astronomy. He taught community education astronomy classes at the University of Minnesota Duluth and Marshall Alworth Planetarium since 1992 and astronomy classes at Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center since 2011. His second book was reviewed in Astronomy Now.

Books Bob King, Night Sky With the Naked Eye: How to Find Planets, Constellations, Satellites and Other Night Sky Wonders Without a Telescope, 2016, Bob King, Wonders of the Night Sky You Must See Before You Die: The Guide to Extraordinary Curiosities of Our Universe, 2018,