Sky & Telescope

Product Description

Product Description

Sky & Telescope has been the complete resource for amateur astronomers for over 60 years. It provides readers with information on observing the sky, offering reviews and buyer's guide information on the latest products, as well as tips, how-to's and much more.

Product Description

Sky & Telescope has been the complete resource for amateur astronomers for over 60 years. It provides readers with information on observing the sky, offering reviews and buyer's guide information on the latest products, as well as tips, how-to's and much more.

Product Details

• Format: Magazine
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Publisher: New Track Media
• ASIN: B00008BFWB
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #450 in Magazines (See Top 100 in Magazines)
  • #1 in Magazines > Science & Nature > Astronomy > Star-Gazing
  • #1 in Magazines > Science & Nature > Astronomy > Telescopes
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Customer Reviews

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48 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More Telescope than Sky, March 4, 2003

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Mehetabelle "mehetabelle" (Silicon Valley United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sky & Telescope (Magazine)

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.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stellar Product Delights & Educates..., May 23, 2008

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Arcturus70 "Arcturus70" (In the Orion Spur of the Milky Way Galaxy) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sky & Telescope (Magazine)

Although I am a bigger fan of Astronomy magazine, I am a loyal subscriber to Sky & Telescope because I enjoy the detailed equipment and product reports, the book reviews, "Sky at a Glance," Event calendars, gallery, featured articles, and news notes. The companion website is awesome as well.

One intriguing section of the magazine always looks back to its past issues reminding readers how far the field of astronomy has come in the last century. This is actually a great context-providing feature that celebrates humanity's on going interest in the universe.

What I have observed--being a subscriber to both Astronomy and Sky & Telescope--is this: each magazine has its own unique personality, and each magazine potentially appeals to a kindred reader personality. Readers who like jazzy, topical, but engaging articles in an easy to thumb through, approachable format and language will enjoy Astronomy. [I am drawn to Astronomy's design and personality.] Readers who like an elegant, more formal format and who want to dig more deeply into astro-science concepts, into scientific data / analysis, or into product information may find Sky & Telescope more satisfying.

For me, subscribing to both magazines completes my astro diet--with all the necessary "food" (topic) groups included: Meal and dessert. It is interesting to see what each magazine emphasizes each month. Each magazine always offers something really cool and thought-provoking.

My best advice is try before you buy: go to a library or local news stand to view the current product of each magazine, and then decide which mag captures your interests, astro skill-level, and / or reader personality the most.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best, September 21, 2003

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Al Schneider (Lewis, CO USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sky & Telescope (Magazine)

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.