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A lifelong amateur astronomer, Phil Harrington was bitten by the
"astronomical bug" when he was assigned to watch the total lunar eclipse
of April 1968 as a homework assignment. Since then , Phil has spent
countless hours touring the universe through telescopes and
binoculars. He is a former staff member of New York City's Hayden
Planetarium and instructor at the Vanderbilt Planetarium in Centerport,
New York. Phil is an adjunct professor at both Dowling College,
Oakdale, NY, and Suffolk County Community College's Eastern Campus in
Riverhead, New York, where he teaches courses in stellar and planetary
astronomy. He is a member of Custer Institute, a founding member of
the Westport (CT) Astronomical Society, and is also one of the
coordinators of the annual Astronomer's Conjunction, held ever summer in
Northfield, MA.
Phil is most familiar to amateur astronomers for his books: ASTRONOMY FOR ALL AGES (Globe Pequot Press, 1994; second edition 2000) THE DEEP SKY: AN INTRODUCTION (Sky Publishing, 1998) ECLIPSE! (John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1997) THE ILLUSTRATED TIMELINE OF THE UNIVERSE (Sterling Publishing, 2006) THE SPACE SHUTTLE (Browntrout Publishers, 2003) STAR WARE (John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1994; 2nd edition 1998, 3rd edition 2002, 4th edition 2007) STAR WATCH (John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2003) TOURING THE UNIVERSE THROUGH BINOCULARS (John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1990) Phil is also a contributing editor for Astronomy magazine, where he writes the monthly Phil Harrington's Binocular Universe as well as frequently reviews telescopes, binoculars, and other astronomical equipment. Phil has also written a quarterly on-line column on Astronomy.com entitled Phil Harrington's Challenge Objects, monthly columns highlighting monthly deep-sky objects on AstronomyDaily.com, as well as for Deep Sky and Sky & Telescope magazines. Academically, Phil has undergraduate degrees in science education from Wagner College and mechanical engineering from New York Institute of Technology, as well as a Master's degree in environmental engineering from New York Institute of Technology. By day, he develops and presents technical training courses to employees at Brookhaven National Laboratory. Have you ever wanted your own observatory? We all have. Phil realized his dream in 2004, and discusses the planning that went into building Star Watcher Observatory in this illustrated presentation. Join us at Hidden Hollow as Phil also discusses strategies for planning a backyard observatory and reviews some other amateur creations. You won't want to miss it, or you chance to meet this astronomy legend! |
