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Hey, Who Writes StarWatch?

[Gary A. Becker]
Gary A. Becker, StarWatch writer, loves the dark night sky as much as the bright city lights. Articles are written for mainly urban audiences who also enjoy viewing the heavens.      Photography by Lois Wolter...

[Gary A. Becker]
"Not another picture, Gary," says Brandon Velivis, a former astronomy student volunteering at Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico.    Lois Wolter photos...

 
Gary A. Becker has had a lifelong passion for astronomy, astrophotography, and sky watching. As an educator and director of the Allentown (PA) School District Planetarium for 38 years (retired 2010) and currently astronomy instructor at Moravian College in Bethlehem, PA, Gary has taught astronomy from the preschool to graduate levels under the electronic as well as the natural sky.

An ardent traveler, Gary has hosted tours to observe comets and eclipses and has taken urban students to the Southwest to view the heavens from some of the darkest regions in the US. He and his pupils volunteered at the Chaco Observatory in Chaco Culture National Historical Park near Nageezi, NM between 1999 and 2001. More recently, Gary has been a part of the Night Sky Team at Bryce Canyon National Park, while locally his StarWatch Team of student observers and volunteers continue to make the heavens accessible to urban audiences across eastern Pennsylvania.

Gary Becker’s 53-year interest in astronomy and his career as an educator have provided him with a natural avenue for writing. He has authored the book that his Moravian astronomy students use, founded the website www.astronomy.org as an educational outreach for his pupils and the public, and has for the past 15 years been writing a homespun, but informative weekly column called StarWatch which is syndicated and appears in 25 newspapers nationwide.

Gary resides in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley with his wife Susan, an English teacher who also enjoys writing, and their spunky rabbits, (Wild) Skye Blue and Sundance Deshea.

[Bryce at Night]
Self-portrait by moonlight at Sunrise Point, Bryce Canyon National Park located in southwestern Utah:  Gary A. Becker image...

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