Stephen James O'Meara
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Stephen James O’Meara is an American astronomer, columnist for Astronomy (magazine).[1], and author. He was formerly an associate editor at Sky & Telescope[2].
His reported visual observations include sightings of spokes in Saturn's B ring prior to the arrival of Voyager 1,[2] a determination of Uranus' rotation period prior to the arrival of Voyager 2,[2][3] and the Halley's_Comet#1986|first visual recovery of comet P/Halley in 1985.
Awards and Honors
The minor planet 3637 O'Meara was named in his honor.[2]
O'Meara was the recipient of the Texas Star Party’s Omega Centauri award in 1994 and Lone Star Gazer award in 2001.[4]
References
- ↑ "Stephen James O'Meara's Secret Sky". Astronomy (magazine).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Levy, D. H. "(3637) O'Meara".
Named in honor of Stephen James O'Meara. Well known for his fine drawings of solar system objects, O'Meara joined Sky and Telescope in 1979 and in 1989 was promoted to associate editor. His unique visual observations have included pre-Voyager sightings of spokes in Saturn's B ring and a determination of Uranus' rotation period. In January 1985 he made an apparent visual observation of P/Halley at magnitude 19.6 using a 0.6-m telescope on Mauna Kea.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "International Astronomical Union Circular 3912". pure.uva.nl. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
- ↑ "TSP History". Texas Star Party. Retrieved 16 Jan 2022.
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