Comments on: My First Copy of Astronomy Now Magazine http://www.astronomylog.co.uk/2007/08/15/my-first-copy-of-astronomy-now-magazine/ My images and view of the Nights Sky Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:14:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Dave Pearson http://www.astronomylog.co.uk/2007/08/15/my-first-copy-of-astronomy-now-magazine/#comment-35 Dave Pearson Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:40:23 +0000 http://www.astronomylog.co.uk/2007/08/15/my-first-copy-of-astronomy-now-magazine/#comment-35 In the UK Sky and Telescope is available in most newsagents (big and small). You'll generally find <i>Sky and Telescope</i> and <i>Astronomy</i> (the other venerable US astronomy magazine) in most newsagents. In the UK Sky and Telescope is available in most newsagents (big and small). You’ll generally find Sky and Telescope and Astronomy (the other venerable US astronomy magazine) in most newsagents.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.astronomylog.co.uk/2007/08/15/my-first-copy-of-astronomy-now-magazine/#comment-31 Daniel Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:29:35 +0000 http://www.astronomylog.co.uk/2007/08/15/my-first-copy-of-astronomy-now-magazine/#comment-31 Thanks for the comment. I visited the Sky and Telescope site, as I had not heard of this magazine before. I take it that you cannot purchase a one off copy in the UK without subscribing? The price is around $60 a year, which is not bad at the current dollar to sterling exchange rate, and so makes it about £30 a year - the same price as other UK astronomy magazines. Thanks for the comment.

I visited the Sky and Telescope site, as I had not heard of this magazine before.

I take it that you cannot purchase a one off copy in the UK without subscribing?

The price is around $60 a year, which is not bad at the current dollar to sterling exchange rate, and so makes it about £30 a year - the same price as other UK astronomy magazines.

]]> By: Dave Pearson http://www.astronomylog.co.uk/2007/08/15/my-first-copy-of-astronomy-now-magazine/#comment-30 Dave Pearson Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:01:14 +0000 http://www.astronomylog.co.uk/2007/08/15/my-first-copy-of-astronomy-now-magazine/#comment-30 For my money Astronomy Now is the winner without a doubt. While I don't think it's quite as good a read as Sky and Telescope, I much prefer it to Sky at Night. I took Sky at Night for the first few issues (probably 6 or so) but soon got the feeling that I just wasn't getting value for money. I found most of the articles to be far too lightweight, the CD/DVD to be close to useless and, well, the whole thing just seemed far too expensive for what it delivered. For my money Astronomy Now is the winner without a doubt. While I don’t think it’s quite as good a read as Sky and Telescope, I much prefer it to Sky at Night.

I took Sky at Night for the first few issues (probably 6 or so) but soon got the feeling that I just wasn’t getting value for money. I found most of the articles to be far too lightweight, the CD/DVD to be close to useless and, well, the whole thing just seemed far too expensive for what it delivered.

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