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The duo had formed the Sky Publishing Corporation in late 1939 to manage a magazine called The Sky, which focused on content for the amateur astronomy community. Then in mid-1941, they took on the editorial management of another magazine,The Telescope, where articles appeared presenting scientific findings for a popular audience. [1]
The Telescope was a magazine for amateur astronomers published between 1931 and 1941. The magazine was first published as a quarterly under the editorship of Harlan Stetson, director of the Perkins Observatory in Ohio. It featured popular articles about contemporary research.
Astronomy is a magazine about the science and hobby of astronomy.Based near Milwaukee in Waukesha, Wisconsin, it is produced by Kalmbach Publishing. Astronomy’s readers include those interested in astronomy and those who want to know about sky events, observing techniques, astrophotography, and amateur astronomy in general.
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The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (right) is an example of a telescope that operates only at near-infrared wavelengths. Main article: Optical astronomy Historically, optical astronomy, which has been also called visible light astronomy, is the oldest form of astronomy. [ 58 ]
Cox built his first telescope, a 6-inch reflector, at age 16 and four years later had completed a 10-inch reflector as well. [1] With Lou Lojas, Ed Hanna and Carl Groswendt, he founded the Amateur Telescope Makers of New York which became the Optical Division of the New York Amateur Astronomers Association in 1937.
He has recorded thousands of observations relating to more than 300 comets. From 1977 until 1994 he authored the monthly '"Comet Digest" in Sky and Telescope magazine. He also had a special interest in variable stars. After joining the AAVSO in 1963, Bortle contributed more than 215,000 visual observations to the AAVSO's database before ...
Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) [1] is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering theoretical, observational, and instrumental astronomy and astrophysics.It is operated by an editorial team under the supervision of a board of directors representing 27 sponsoring countries plus a representative of the European Southern Observatory.