Michael William Feast

Michael William Feast
Born(1926-12-29)29 December 1926
Deal, Kent, England
Died1 April 2019(2019-04-01) (aged 92)
Cape Town, South Africa
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy
Institutions

Michael William Feast (29 December 1926 – 1 April 2019) was a British-South African astronomer. He served as Director of the South African Astronomical Observatory from 1976–1992, then became a professor at the University of Cape Town.

His research focussed on the structure of the Milky Way, the Magellanic Clouds, and the cosmic distance ladder using variable stars.