![]() Then, in 1935, the American Museum of Natural History opened its Hayden Planetarium and began to issue a monthly bulletin that became a full-size magazine called The Sky within a year. Its earliest known ancestor was a four-page bulletin called The Amateur Astronomer, which was begun in 1929 by the Amateur Astronomers Association in New York City. Sky & Telescope magazine, now in its eighth decade, came about because of some happy accidents. ![]() Subscribe What’s in a Name? How We Became Sky & Telescope As part of the American Astronomical Society, we have a nonprofit mission to share and enhance humanity’s understanding of the cosmos.Ĭome share our love affair with the universe. With our website, monthly magazine, products, and tours, we keep you up to date and enable you to dive deep into astronomy. You’re in the right place: Our audience is astronerds. or need help naming the brightest stars? Are you fascinated by the latest scientific discoveries about the universe and want to understand them better? So are you a budding astrophotographer, or an expert keen to learn the latest techniques? Do you know how to navigate the most obscure constellations. Even our mistakes have affected astronomy! Due to an error in our March 1946 issue, the public’s definition of “Blue Moon” changed forever. Our science journalism has won several of the most distinguished awards in the field. We’re known for our thorough equipment reviews and trustworthy guides for exploring the night sky. We think that with the right encouragement, everyone can excel in astronomy - and we don’t have to skimp on the details to do it.įor 80 years we've had a reputation for accuracy and authority. Our content is written by expert professional and amateur astronomers and award-winning science writers who together share a passion for our amazing universe. We cover all aspects of the science and hobby of astronomy, from scientific discoveries to what’s in the sky tonight and the latest equipment. I'd really would like to talk to the person that made the DVD decision and find out the reasons for going that route.Sky & Telescope has been bringing the sky and skygazers together since 1941. I would've still paid the $249 for the convenience and flexibility and S&T would have gotten better protection for its IP, presumably a better return by eliminating the cost of the DVD set, and higher visibility and sales that the Kindle store would provide. The physical DVDs will be relegated to the back of the closet ASAP.įor me a better situation would have been for S&T to have put the collection in the Kindle store, where I could have displayed the content on my Kindle, iPad, and PC. For portability, I'll print the content to PDF files. ![]() I'll probably do what I've done in the past: rip the DVDs and used a virtual DVD player to display the content. However, the whole DVD thing is "so five years ago" and it's a little disappointing that a magazine that tries to report the latest Astronomical is so mired in the past when it comes to delivering the content. ![]() Read about the discovery of quasars, pulsars, and gamma-ray bursts as they happened, and the huge debates that raged (and still rage today) over the nature of these enigmatic objects.įirst of all, I've been waiting for S&T to do something like this and I congratulate them for making at least a start. Here's modern astronomical theory starting when the expanding universe was a new, exciting theory. That's why the 3-by-6-foot bookcase containing bound volumes of all of S&T is the most precious resource in our offices - even more valuable than the thousands of books that have been acquired over the years both by the magazine as a whole and by the individual editors. I don't know if you're excited, but I sure am! For anyone interested in the history of astronomy, the back issues of Sky & Telescope are a goldmine. This set of eight DVD-ROMs includes every issue published from November 1941 through December 2009, plus a unified index for the complete set with full text search for every word ever printed. Click above for full information on the DVD collection - and to order your own copy online.
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