Sky & Telescope magazine is a monthly magazine considered a must-read by people who are serious about amateur astronomy. The premier issue was published in November 1941 and it has been published continually since that date.

The magazine actually came about by way of a union between two other magazines - Sky; Magazine of Cosmic News and Telescope; An Illustrated Magazine Of Astronomy. Hence the name of the combined publication.

Since it’s beginning, the content has been targeted at the serious amateur astronomer. For that reason, back issues remain popular today and are sought out by today’s serious amateur astronomers.

Complete runs of all twelve issues for the years 1960 to present show up on eBay fairly regularly and usually bring somewhere between $25 or less per year. Sets of all twelve issues from earlier years are harder to find and when they do show up on eBay they often bring prices that make keeping your eye open for them worth your while.
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