Astronomy magazine has NEVER been known for it's substance. The founder's goal was to publish the "world's most beautiful" astronomy magazine. I've never subscribed and only read a handful of unimpressive issues with pretty pictures and lots of ads. S&T is also past it's prime. When the old owners (who also happended to be the writers) sold it to New Age Media, it lost much of it's value. Charlie Federer is weeping from the heavens. I wish some of the newcomers to this hobby could page through S&T issues from 30, 40, 50 years ago. It was a magazine that was found in every observatory and college astronomy department in the world. I miss it, as it once was. I devoured it, cover to cover, from the moment it showed up in my mailbox each month. On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Daniel Holmes <danielh@holmesonics.com>wrote:
"Here is a guide to a possible but maybe not great comet" doesn't sell many magazines.