Thomas T. Arny is an Emeritus professor in the Astronomy Department at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst which is part of the Five College Astronomy Department (comprising faculty from UMass, Amherst, Hampshire, Mt. Holyoke, and Smith Colleges). Dr. Arny received his undergraduate degree from Haverford College and his Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Arizona. In addition to his interest in astronomy, he has a long-standing fascination with the natural world: weather (especially atmospheric optics such as rainbows), birds, wildflowers, and butterflies.

Visit Dr. Arny's website at: http://www.astro.umass.edu/~arny/astro100.html

Stephen E. Schneider is a professor and head of the Astronomy Department at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His interest in astronomy began at the amateur level when he was a child. He pursued an astronomy degree from Harvard as an undergraduate and obtained his Ph.D. from Cornell. His dissertation work received the Trumpler Award of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and he was named a Presidential Young Investigator. He works closely with science teachers presenting many workshops and special courses each year. He also loves to draw and paint. Both Drs. Arny and Schneider are recipients of their college's Outstanding Teacher Award and have collectively taught introductory astronomy for over 50 years to students with a wide variety of backgrounds.