Hi Jim, It is true that I haven't been involved in astronomy lately but I intend to do some deep-sky observing soon as the weather clears. The weather lately has been wet and horrible. We have a star party planned for next weekend. Last year it was cloudy. I bought a mountain bike last August and have been riding it regularly. Unfortunately long bike rides and swimming laps in the pool don't leave a lot of energy for stargazing. By the way, our pool was open till November 3rd last year. I'm going to have to back off a little on the exercise when the new moon comes around every month. I'm dusting off my telescope this weekend to get it ready for some prime winter observing. I'm hoping to bag a few large planetary nebulae like Abell 31. Debbie On Sat Feb 14 4:51 , Jim Gibson <jimgibson00@yahoo.com> sent:
Hi Debbie, I have been wondering why I haven’t seen a post on here from you. I always love to read your insightful and thorough reports. I am glad you are still astronomy-ing. You changed your name though. It used to be UtahDeb. That probably tells you how long I have been gone. Jim
--- On Fri, 2/13/09, Debbie astrodeb@beyondbb.com> wrote:
From: Debbie astrodeb@beyondbb.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] S and T in trouble To: "Utah Astronomy" utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Friday, February 13, 2009, 12:54 PM
I dropped the magazine because I don't have room for all the magazines. They build up year after year and my storage space is limited. Plus the local library has the magazine.
Debbie
On Thu Feb 12 14:13 , Howard Jackman sumoetx@yahoo.com> sent:
Yeah I've been so disapointed in it lately as well, I had wanted to drop astronomy in favor of S&T but now I might just let both go. I'm so dissapointed in the quality of both mags....pity, we need good solid resources in astronomy but economics are just too brutal right now.
Howard
--- On Thu, 2/12/09, Chuck Hards chuck.hards@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Chuck Hards chuck.hards@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] S and T in trouble To: "Utah Astronomy" utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 1:31 PM The magazine is no longer owned by the senior editorial staff; hasn't been for a couple of years now. That's when the decline started- the loss of Roger W. Sinnott, et. al. My old editor, Gary Seronik, was sent packing from the S&T offices and has been living back in his hometown of Vancouver BC since the sale.
I let my subcription lapse last fall. It's no longer the resource it once was, and never will be.
On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 1:12 PM, daniel turner outwest112@yahoo.com> wrote:
I'm usually the last one to become alarmed at such things but I'm beginning to get concerned about bedtime reading material Sky and Telescope Magazine. It started with the loss of S. J. O'Meara last year but is seems to have picked up speed at an alarming rate. David Levy is gone as well as Stuart Goldman. Stuart was the group's web guru and lately they have stopped sending the weekly news email. This latest issue was missing the Q and A section and with it any mention anywhere of Roger Sinnott. Also alarming is the recent thinness of the advertisers list. Orion no longer has an ad and Astronomics has cut it's full page add in half. Page count is shrinking and the new editor is giving bombastic editorials about the magazine not being "dumbed down".
I know the economy is a problem for every one and print media in general is under pressure from the Internet, but S & T seems to be in big trouble during a time when people traditionally look to their hobbies for some peace of mind.
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