Joe Rao
From SkyInsight
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Joe Rao, senior on-camera meteorologist for NEWS 12 WESTCHESTER, also writes the monthly Celestial Events column in NATURAL HISTORY magazine and also writes the weekly Sky Watch column in the Sunday edition of THE NEW YORK TIMES. He also provides weekly insights on what is currently visible in the heavens in the "Night Sky Friday" section of SPACE.com.
Joe Rao has had considerable experience in organizing star parties and astronomy programs for the general public. He has led two solar eclipse expeditions (1977 in Colombia, South America and 1979 in Montana). He has also served as on-board eclipse meteorologist for American Hawaii Cruises at the July 1991 solar eclipse off the Big Island of Hawaii, Celebrity Cruises at the February 26, 1998 solar eclipse off of Antigua and Regal Cruises "Regal Empress" on August 11, 1999 off of Nova Scotia. In April 1986 he led an expedition to observe Halley's Comet from the Andes Mountains of Chile and Easter Island in the South Pacific Ocean.
