Dennis Mammana

Dennis L. Mammana (born September 5, 1951) is an astronomy writer, lecturer, and sky photographer. His newspaper column about astronomy, "Stargazers", has been syndicated since 1992, and he has led many expeditions across six continents on photography and public eclipse and aurora viewing trips.

Early life and education
Mammana was born in Easton, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Easton Area High School in Easton in 1969, and then studied physics and astronomy at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio, where he received his B.A. in 1973. After completing work toward his M.S. in astronomy at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, he was awarded a one-year internship at the Strasenburgh Planetarium in Rochester, New York.

Career
Mammana has held positions at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., the Flandrau Science Center and Planetarium at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, and the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center in San Diego, California.

Mammana has authored six astronomy books for adults and children, and hundreds of magazine, encyclopedia, and web articles.

Personal life
He currently resides in Borrego Springs, California.