Featured Contributors

Steve Coe

Steven Coe is an author, amateur astronomer, and a long-time, prominent member of the Saguaro Astronomy Club in Phoenix, AZ. Steven Coe has written two books for Springer publishing. The first, Deep Sky Observing: The Astronomical Tourist, and the second, Nebulae and How to Observe Them. He has also written several articles for Astronomy magazine and a monthly column for the Cloudy Nights website.

Rick Fienberg

Rick Fienberg is an astronomer specializing in journalism, education, and public outreach. After earning his B.A. in physics at Rice University and his M.A. and Ph.D. in astronomy at Harvard University, Rick spent 22 years in a variety of editorial and management positions at Sky & Telescope magazine. His incisive coverage of the Hubble Space Telescope for S&T won a citation from the National Space Club. He’s been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) named asteroid 9983 Rickfienberg in his honor. Rick is a leader in the International Year of Astronomy effort for both the IAU and the American Astronomical Society, where he now works as Press Officer and Education & Outreach Coordinator. Though trained as a professional astronomer, Rick remains an amateur at heart, stargazing and taking astrophotos from his homebuilt hilltop observatory in southern New Hampshire.

Tammy Plotner

Professional astronomy writer who currently has seven published books. President of Warren Rupp Observatory (www.wro.org), the Executive Secretary for the Astronomical League (www.astroleague.org), NASA SpacePlace editor. Member of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Richland Astronomical Society and Astronomy for Youth. Has received a vast number of astronomy achievement and observing awards, including the Great Lakes Astronomy Achievement Award, R.G. Wright Service Award and was the first woman astronomer to achieve Comet Hunter's Gold Status. In addition to contributing articles to Universe Today, also works for several internet astronomy sites and Springer Press. Volunteers with several astronomy outreach programs a month and deeply enjoys the time spent with the many schools, libraries, scouts, churches and groups presenting at meetings.

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