An active observer and telescope maker since 1978, Ade starting writing a monthly astronomy column for the Eastern Daily Press in January 1980, aged 17. His first telescope reviews appeared in the British magazine Astronomy Now in 1994 and for the remainder of the decade he worked as a freelance writer and editor for the UK astronomical press.
Ade became an Associate Editor of Sky & Telescope magazine in August 2000 and remains an occasional contributor. He wrote many of the interactive JavaScript routines for SkyandTelescope.com, also redesigning and currently maintaining EarthandSky.co.nz. Ade also writes equipment reviews for technical magazines, dividing his time between central Norfolk, UK and his favourite place on Earth — Tekapo, NZ.
