As an amateur's amateur I have thoroughly enjoyed the Night Sky Magazine since its inception. It has been written for my level of interest and understanding and become my main connection with what's going on in the night sky. Too bad there weren't more folks/subscribers like me. I'll miss it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Hards" <chuckhards@yahoo.com> To: "Utah-Astro" <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2006 7:07 AM 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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