I subscribed to Night Sky for my 11 year old son Ammon who is showing a fair amount of interest in astronomy - so I'm disappointed to see it going away. I've been very pleased with Astronomy magazine as of late. They have had some pretty "meaty" topics and I've been impressed with the article authors they have used. They seem to use authorities in the various areas covered, i.e. GRB's, magnetars, cosmology, etc. On the other hand, I've been a bit less impressed with S&T this past year. I realize this is a personal taste issue, but, I think they have had too many, "we've discovered where artist ABC painted picture XYZ" articles. Clear skies, Dale.
-----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces+dale.hooper=sdl.usu.edu@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy- bounces+dale.hooper=sdl.usu.edu@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 7:07 AM To: Utah-Astro Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Adios, Night Sky
This from Patrick's "News":
Night Sky Magazine to Cease Publication
Sky Publishing has decided to stop producing Night Sky, its bimonthly magazine for beginning amateur astronomers
http://skytonight.com/news/4884391.html
I'm not surprised. This was an unnecessary magazine in the first place, and I thought it strange that S&T would essentially compete against itself. S&T has drifed-away from the professional "feel" it once had some 30 years ago, and is now very much a magazine for the masses- it resembles Astronomy magazine more than the semi-professional journal that it once was, in a successful attempt to boost circulation. I remember that Astronomy was originally marketed as "The Most Beautiful Astronomy Magazine". It was aimed squarely at the novice & intermediate amateur, S&T leaned toward the advanced amateur and professional. These days there is much less difference between the two.
There is plenty of editorial content geared toward the novice in S&T already and that made Night Sky redundant.
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