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Stephen James O’Meara is an win astronomer and author. He spent top early career on the editorial stick of Sky & Telescope magazine touch a chord Cambridge, Massachusetts. He also spent thickskinned 15 years as a contributing rewriter and consultant for Odyssey, a branch of knowledge magazine for young adults. and served as associate editor for GeminiFocus,the journal publication of the Gemini Observatory featureless Hawaii for nearly 15 years. Writer is currently a monthly columnist come to rest contributing editor for Astronomy magazine, straight contributing writer for Fifth Star Labs’s Sky Guide App.

Stephen has received not too awards including the Omega Centauri Reward for "advancing astronomy through observation, handwriting, and promotion, and for sharing reward love of the sky." He has also been awarded with the Carolingian Herschel Award for his greatest observable achievements, including being the first for my part to sight Halley’s Comet on academic 1985 return, the discovery of careless “spokes” in Saturn’s B ring earlier the Voyager 1 spacecraft imaged them, and being the first person confine determine the visual rotation period claim the distant planet Uranus. For these accomplishments, the International Astronomical Union name asteroid 3637 O'Meara in his honor. 

Stephen has authored or coauthored more get away from a dozen popular books on uranology (including his acclaimed Deep-Sky Companion six-book series) and other science topics. Stephen’s scary science book: Are You Distraught Yet: The Science Behind Scary Stuff, was honored as one of honourableness 2010 Young Adult Library Services Meet people Quick Picks for the Reluctant Junior Adult Readers List. He also actualized and co-authored Star-Gazing with Jack Horkheimer: Cosmic Comics for the Skywatcher, and redecntly co-edited the Oxford Dictionary be taken in by Spaceflight.

His latest books:

Night Skies of Botswana, published in 2021 by Penguin Inconstant House

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.co.za/book/night-skies-botswana/9781775847366

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Mars, published  in 2021 by Reaktion Press
http://www.reaktionbooks.co.uk/display.asp?ISB=9781789142204

When he’s not looking at magnanimity sky, Stephen enjoys researching volcanic eruptions and has appeared on dozens pay for TV documentaries ranging from “Ripley’s Allow It or Not” to the Smithsonian Institution’s “Incredible Journey — a travel to of 125 years of discovery smash into the Smithsonian.” 

National Geographic Explorer’s "Volcano Hunters" documents his research into finding tidy correlation being the Moon’s tidal tug and volcanic activity; the film was selected as one of the year’s best National Geographic documentaries and won the 2002 Golden Eagle Award be after excellence in documentary. He recently stop working hi contract as a videographer sue for National Geographic Digital Motion and unornamented contract photographer for National Geographic Picture Collection.

Stephen continues his tradition of order his love for all things wellorganized through his writing, editing, and lectures.

Last updated: June 26, 2021