Best Astronomy Magazine

I started taking an interest in Astronomy 2 years ago when I purchased an Orion 6-inch Dobsonion. I was recommended this magazine which I subscribed to about 3 months ago. I love every issue of this magazine and can't wait till I get my next issue. Being new to Astronomy, I don't necessarily understand all the content of every article, but understand enough to continue to spark my interest. I am sure over a period of time, I will understand more. This magazine is for anyone who is interested in this discipline. The pictures are absolutely breathtaking and there are ariticles that cater to the need and experience for all from novice to experts. I like the reviews of the new telescopes, cameras, software, etc. When I am ready to get into Astrophotography, I will use this magazine to guide me into buying my first Camera. The articles keep you up-to-date with the latest development in astronomy and the sky charts help you plan what's new and most visible in the sky in the particular time of month in question. I usually get done reading the entire magaine the first 3-4 days it arrives. The only thing that I don't like are all the advertising pages though some of them are very useful in seeing what new products are out there. Maybe SkyandTelescope can group all the advertising pages into its own section since they do make up about 1/4 of the magazine. However there are enough non-advertising pages to make this magazine by far the best Astronomy Magazine!!

The Best

I am a retired English Professor and amateur astronomer, and I have subscribed to Sky and Telescope for over 20 years. It is the most professionally produced magazine I have ever read.

Its writing is mature and superbly edited, its photographs are beautifully rendered, its staff continually improves the magazine through better editing and production, and it provides articles on a broad range of subjects: the latest space probes and research; the dating of paintings or historical events by the night sky; Hubble and amateur photographs; meteor showers; what's up in tonight's sky; star maps; calendars of events world-wide; reviews of telescopes, accessories, computer software, and books; and more.

Sky and Telescope is widely read by professional astronomers and is probably bought by more amateurs world-wide than any other astronomy magazine.

If you have never looked through a telescope, if you use a telescope often, or if you have a telescope that you have packed up, this magazine should stimulate you to go out to see the night sky and discover where we live and what we live for.

More Telescope than Sky

I've subscribed to this magazine for years even though my main interest is cosmology. Even professional astronomers subscribe so we highly recommend this magazine.

In my opinion, it's the most professionally done popular astronomy magazine, better than "Astronomy" and more focused than "Discovery." S&T has many gorgeous astro-photos, mostly done by pros with fab equipment as well as images from the Hubble. So why does the magazine devote more than half its pages and articles to amateur telescopes and accessories? Because that's what pays the bills! So I've packed up my telescope and left it in the garage, but I still subscribe because every issue has at least one article (feature or news) about science. The monthly star map, cepheid graph, and NEWS make the rapidly increasing subscription price still worth it.