Amateur Astronomy Magazine

Our articles are not written by professional writers. They are written by our subscribers, amateur astronomers who know their subject and their articles reflect their love of the hobby. The articles are not edited to death so they have no life left in them. 

We are subscriber supported. That means that we can say what we want. If a reviewer does not like a product, we can say so, since we don't bow to the almighty advertising dollar. Each issue contains 68 pages - and less than eight pages contain advertising. We only carry enough ads to help pay the bills. 

We cover the subjects that you will never see in the big magazines. If we don't like a telescope or book we say so. When we go to a star party we run many pages and dozens of photos, not a paragraph or two with one small photo that doesn't tell the real story. One article ran 20 pages and had 108 photos, just to do justice to the story. We carry articles that the real amateur astronomers of the world are interested in reading - not articles that are aimed at the news stand market of casual readers, or intended for professional astronomers.

We probably have already run an article on your dream scope. Our telescope making articles probably have all the information you need to make your project a reality. 

Into observing? Many observing articles and observing lists we have run should be in every observer's notebook! Experience the real love of spending a night under the stars with your friends and their telescopes. 

Considering building an observatory? Don't go another step without completing your research by reading our back issues.  We have run step-by-step articles on building both domes and roll-off-roof observatories, plus many others on visiting private observatories.

New in the hobby? Order the back issues and learn more in a couple of weeks of reading than you could in years of learning on your own. 

Just like the stars, our articles are timeless. It's not too late to see what you have missed in the last ten years. Complete your collection of all the back issues while they are available. Some issues are getting short on supply and can't be reprinted.

Amateur Astronomy is no longer the new kid on the block. After ten years of publishing articles about telescopes, telescope making, and observing, we have gained the respect and readership of astronomers from all around the world. Our quarterly format is a combination similar to "Telescope Making" and "Deep Sky", two very popular magazines of the past. 

Our inexpensive black-and-white printing doesn't have the colorful flash of the big magazines, but ask any of our readers and they all will tell you that Amateur Astronomy is by far their favorite magazine!  Most 
readers say that they spend less than an hour reading the glossies, and an average of 4-5 hours to read AA cover to cover, and then save them and read them over and over. 

For new subscribers, we offer a special where you can get the last 10 back issues with your new subscription for a very reasonable price. This is a great way to be introduced to what is about  to become your favorite magazine.