Pricey Astronomy Now neighborhood,
We’ve some thrilling firm information we’d prefer to share with you…
At the moment we’re beginning a brand new chapter within the Astronomy Now story, as we relaunch beneath new administration (plot twist forward!).
Our mission stays the identical because it has since Astronomy Now was born practically 40 years in the past: that can assist you really feel at house beneath the night time sky, to information you in your journey to turning into a greater astronomer, to convey the Universe to the doorstep with our month-to-month journal, and to attach astronomy fanatics such as you.
We’ll be kicking off with the September situation, on sale 21 August, and you may already look ahead to new journal sections overlaying a wider vary of topics – together with extra of YOU! Within the meantime we’ll be constructing an much more participating on-line expertise and refreshing our subscriber-only advantages…
We wish to hear from you!
Your new crew comes with a variety of vitality and recent concepts, however we additionally want YOUR assist to form the journal and on-line expertise that you really want. What would you prefer to see extra of? What are you not at present having fun with? Don’t maintain again! Write to us right here. We might characteristic your views in our new Your Area neighborhood web page.
Plot twist!
Time to announce the brand new administration crew… or ought to that be ‘previous’?!…
On the helm is Dr Stuart Clark, who beforehand served as Astronomy Now Editor in 2005 after freelancing for the journal from 1992 (or thereabouts..). Taking the lead on digital content material and neighborhood administration is former Astronomy Now On-line & Deputy Editor Dr Emily Baldwin (2008-2012). Within the interim each Stuart and Emily have had the position of the European Area Company (ESA)’s Senior Science Editor, in addition to arrange their very own content material technique firms within the house sector, so they create an unbelievable wealth of expertise again to their beloved Astronomy Now neighborhood, the place all of it started for them! Astronomy Now long-timers Steve Kelly (Publishing Supervisor), Greg Smye-Rumsby (Artwork Supervisor) and Mark Armstrong (Evening Sky Supervisor) full the administration crew.
Your much-loved trusty crew of astronomy guides stays a lot the identical, so count on to nonetheless hear from night time sky consultants Owen Brazell, Bob Argyle, and Tracie Heywood, imaging execs like Nik Szymanek, equipment gurus like Steve Ringwood, and common contributors Colin Stuart, Ian Seymour, Ade Ashford, and Allan Chapman……. However we’re additionally widening our community of consultants and shall be saying new contributors quickly!
We’d additionally prefer to take this chance to congratulate and thank former supervisor Steven Younger and Editor Keith Cooper. Steven has nurtured the journal for an unbelievable 31 years! We’re actually glad to nonetheless be working intently collectively – Steven will proceed to handle the annual AstroFest convention and Spaceflight Now.
Change takes time, so please bear with us as we busy about behind the scenes to make Astronomy Now shine brighter than ever.
Thanks for being part of our story.
✨Keep tuned and clear skies✨
Astronomy Now Senior Administration Group
