- Popular Astronomy
"Popular Astronomy" is the quarterly
magazine of the UK'sSociety for Popular Astronomy . It is published in January, April, July and October. Before 1981 the journal was known as "Hermes", and earlier still it was called "The Junior Astronomer".The magazine aims to present the science in plain English, avoiding unnecessary
jargon . As well as main features covering professional and amateur research, regular articles include.AstroNews - updates on some of the most interesting current developments in
professional astronomy ; Amateur Scene - a look around localastronomy clubs; Deep Sky Notes - surveying the season's deep celestial sights; Sky Diary - what's happening in thesky in the coming weeks; Glorious Universe - comparing amateur and professional observations of celestial objects and phenomena; also, readers' letters, plus book and product reviews, society news, competitions and more.The magazine also includes a section called Prime Space to help younger readers to understand modern
astronomy .Editors past and present
Richard Baum (1953 June–1955 October);
Patrick Moore (1956); Richard Baum (1957 January–July); Gilbert Satterthwaite (1957 October–1961 April); John Lytheer (1961 July–1964 April); George Teideman (1964 July–1967 April);Ian Ridpath (1967 July–1974 April); Paul Sutherland (1974 July–1982 July); Enid Lake (1982 October–1985 October);Ian Ridpath (1986 January–1989 July; editor-in-chief until 1992 October); Tom Hosking (1989 October–2000 July); Peter Grego (2000 October– ).Changes of name: "The Junior Astronomer" from 1953 June until 1960 July; "Hermes" from 1960 October to 1980 October; "Popular Astronomy" 1981 January to present.
External links
* [http://www.popastro.com/spapop/home.htm Official Site]
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