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The Observatory is a publication, variously described as a journal, a magazine and a review, devoted to astronomy. It appeared regularly starting in 1877, and it is now published every two months. The current editors are David Stickland, Bob Argyle and Steve Fossey.[1]
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| Discipline | Astronomy |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | David Stickland, Bob Argyle and Steve Fossey[1] |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1877-present |
| Publisher | Self published by the editors (United Kingdom) |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Observatory |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0029-7704 |
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Although it is not published by the Royal Astronomical Society, it publishes the reports of its meetings. Other features are the extensive book reviews and "Here and There", a collection of misprints and ridiculous statements of astronomical interest.
The founder and first editor (1877–1882) was William Christie, then chief assistant at the Royal Observatory and later Astronomer Royal. Notable subsequent editors include:
- Arthur Eddington (1913–1919)
- Harold Spencer Jones (1915–1923)
- Richard van der Riet Woolley (1933–1939)
- William McCrea (1935–1937)
- Margaret Burbidge (1948–1951)
- Antony Hewish (1957–1961)
- Donald Lynden-Bell (1967–1969)
- Carole Jordan (1968–1973)
- Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1973–1976)
References
- "The Observatory Magazine: Contact Information". Retrieved 15 July 2021.
Further reading
- Stickland, D. J. (2003), Heck, André (ed.), "The Observatory Magazine: Linking Three Centuries", Organizations and Strategies in Astronomy: Volume 4, Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, vol. 296, pp. 205–220, doi:10.1007/978-94-010-0049-9_14, ISBN 978-94-010-0049-9, retrieved 24 October 2020
- "Jubilee Number of The Observatory". Nature. 139 (3528): 1013. 1 June 1937. doi:10.1038/1391013d0. ISSN 1476-4687.
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На других языках
[de] The Observatory (Zeitschrift)
The Observatory ist eine englische Zeitschrift über Astronomie, die seit dem Jahr 1887 regelmäßig erscheint, gegenwärtig alle zwei Monate.- [en] The Observatory (journal)
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