Astronomy Today: About this Site
AstronomyToday started off in 2000 and ever since has aimed to be a valuable resource by providing articles and features on astronomy, cosmology and space exploration. We've been publishing a sky guide in various guises over the years and now, building upon all this, we review books and maintain a blog on our homepage focused on astronomy news. Team members are profiled below and here are our contact details.
Marc Delehanty
I own and run Astronomy Today, I've written quite a few articles for the site (particularly in the early years) and used to edit the sky guide before I passed it on into Lydia's capable hands. I enjoy reading about anything in the area of astronomy and space so running this site is a great hobby and nothing like work! As far as practising astronomy goes, I'm up from my armchair and out observing with my 8" (20cm) Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope whenever there's a clear sky (not all that often in Ireland!).
Lydia Lousteaux
I observe from my property near Columbus, Texas with binoculars and a 5" Celestron GOTO, a gift from a friend. I have authored articles for women's magazines and cook books over a 25 year period, under several pen names, (L.L. is one of them). I am honoured to write AT's Sky Guide. I think it would be interesting and fun for our readers to send in their favourite observing lists thus increasing the Sky Guide's utility for world wide observers. I am assistant editor of the updated International Occultation Timing Association manual, still a work in progress.
Brenda Culbertson
My field of interest is observational astronomy and I teach it through the public astronomy outreach program that I developed at Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, USA. The main instrument used at WU is a 12-inch Warner & Swasey refractor that was built in 1889. I use the old scope, along with digital video equipment, to record lunar occultations of distant objects. I also teach an introductory astrophotography course at WU. Besides teaching I like to write. One of my three degrees is in Mass Media and I use my talents honed in that discipline constantly. My other areas of interest include archaeology and geology.
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