George Muncaster

George Muncaster teaches astronomy classes on the campus of Scottsdale Community College and Paradise Valley Community College. He followed up an early interest in astronomy by obtaining degrees in Astrophysics and in Astronomy at Indiana University and the University of Arizona, respectively, and an MBA from California State University.

His current astronomical interests include observational astronomy, history of astronomy, astronomical education and orbital mechanics.

In the U.S. Air Force, he was technical manager for numerous contracts supporting National space systems and also served as a Master Instructor for radar sensor systems, orbital analysis, and atmospheric re-entry physics. He has published over twenty-five papers dealing with systems engineering, systems security, radar systems and astronomical research, and coauthored a U.S. Air Force textbook on radar systems. He holds six U.S. patents in the areas of space systems and wireless communications. He is also Principal at System Synergies, LLC, a systems engineering firm serving the wireless communications and aerospace-defense communities.


George Muncaster is a frequent contributor whose articles are featured under Astronomy.