Aaron, thanks for confirming my suspicions. I was a charter subscriber to Astronomy (way back in the '70's, before Kalmbach bought it), but let my sub. lapse several years ago. I do recommend Astronomy to beginners without a science background, but as one progresses in the hobby, sooner or later Astronomy comes up short. Too, there was rarely anything in Astronomy on telescope-making, which is my primary interest. Out of all those issues, I recall keeping less than a dozen. I think you will be ready for more, sooner or later, don't sell yourself short. Better to pick-and-choose from too much information, than not enough. Ken, don't you think that the Internet makes a paper subscription for pictures a bit redundant? Although I remember that Astronomy's subtitle was something like "the most beautiful astronomy magazine" or something like that. I also seem to recall that Walther's original intention WAS primarily a pictorial, so perhaps what substance there is now is thanks to Kalmbach. Could the paper periodical be eventually doomed? Will the Web replace the printed page completely in our lifetimes? C. --- "Lambert, Aaron" <Aaron.Lambert@Williams.com> wrote:

I think that is why some people prefer Astronomy. I have both and reading S&T sometimes makes my brain hurt whereas the Astronomy articles are more on my level (being a newbie to astronomy).

Aaron

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-----Original Message----- From: Ken Warner [mailto:KillerKen@killerken.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 12:28 PM To: 'Visit http://www.utahastronomy.com for the photo gallery.' Subject: RE: [Utah-astronomy] Magazine preference

I thought it was the other way around. Sky and Telescope seems to me to have more in depth articles and is more technical than Astronomy. I look at Astronomy for the pretty pictures in the gallery.

Ken

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