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Expert Profile: Steven LJ Russo

Expertise: As a space science educator in a planetarium, my work centers around teaching people about the night sky and the solar system. I have a strong background in those areas, plus the history of NASA and spaceflight, and meteorology.
Experience in the area. I have been an amateur astronomer for 47 years, and have been teachng space science in planetariums for 34 years. For 15 years I was a radio and television meteorologist, and for the past 20 years I have been a space science writer for two newspapers in New York State. I am a member of the Middle Atlantic Planetarium Society and the International Planetarium Society. I have had a number of articles published in several astronomy journals, including "The Constellation" and the "Planetarian". Education/Credentials. I hold a B. S. from Wagner College and an M. S. from State University of New York at Oswego. Awards and Honors. I have been awarded the "Fellows" award from the International Planetarium Society for more than 20 years of continuous service in the planetarium field.

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Prestige Points: 5868
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Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		918

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	11/17/08
10	10	10	10	10/05/08
10	10	10	10	09/27/08
10	10	10	10	09/23/08
10	10	10	10	09/15/08

User Comments

Thanks. I didn't realize the moon is at times not visible from certain places on Earth.
(Mark on 11/17/08)

Thanks.. I may try an Ebay sale..
(Joe on 10/05/08)

thank you!!! :) especially for replying to my question o fast!!
(rachael on 09/27/08)

Thanks
(quest on 09/23/08)

Sir, I thank you very much for your knowledge on this. We will now say hello to Capella when we see it!!
(Trish on 09/15/08)

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Recent Answers from Steven LJ Russo

2008-11-16 The Moon: As far as the Stars, maybe there was too much "light Pollution". But the Moon is easy to figure. On October23rd, we had a Waning Crescent Moon, which means that it would rise Around 2:00 in the morning...

2008-11-16 The Moon: Mark. It actually depends on the dates she was there. Regardless of where you are, Oman, France, New York, wherever, it depends on the phase of the Moon. Sometimes it is only visible in the morning...

2008-10-01 sunset moonset time equations: No astronomers that I know actually calculate this stuff any more. It is all done with computer programs where one just puts in a city or coordinates, and the info just comes up! Here is a program...

2008-09-27 gravity and moon: Hi Racheal. The gravity on the Moon is one sixth the gravity of the Earth, so picking things up on the moon is EASIER and not harder. As far as weight. It may be harder because the astronauts have...

2008-09-14 a colorful star: Hi Trish. It was probably the star known as Capella. All bright stars will "twinkle" a variety of colors when they are closer to the horizon than overhead. This is due to the fact that when objects...