Sky & Telescope
Sky & Telescope is the largest magazine of the United States for amateur astronomers .
The monthly brings among other things:
- Technical articles on astronomy and space travel
- astronomical news and book reviews
- Tables and maps of current astronomical phenomena
- News from the American astro clubs
- Tests of astronomical instruments and astronomy programs
- Telescope making ( amateur telescope making )
- Astrophotography .
The articles are written for the knowledgeable reader and are often penned by professional astronomers . Most of the illustrations are in color, and images of the sky is ensured alongside those of large observatories and photos of amateurs to bring.
The magazine was created in 1941 from the merger of The Sky and The Telescope magazines . The publisher is Sky Publishing , a division of New Track Media , LLC .
See also: astronomy today , stars and space , messengers of the stars