The only magazine that I was very, very sad to see go was Night Sky that was published by Sky and Telescope . I let go my S&T and Astronomy subsciptions in favor of this one magazine. The subscription to Night Sky was in my son's name because he found the articles useful besides interesting and I wanted him to go with it. We have the premier issue to the very last. We were very surprised and disappointed when we received a postcard saying the Mar/Apr 2007 was the last issue. I contacted the editor and they wrote back that 'it did not make enough money'.
Night Sky contained articles that beginner backyard astronomers (me) were interested in and my son was interested in. Yes, there are kids who are interested in looking through a telescope and finding objects and reading about them.
We loved the interesting articles: The Sky Tonight, Constellation Close-Up, Take A Star-Hop, Science Spotlight, Other Worlds, Tools of the Trade which included Skill Builders, Choosing & Using, Gearing Up, etc.
The articles were very helpful for hands on astronomy. Simple, helpful instructions not only for finding and observing but also on how to use your gear or tools of the trade. We liked it because it wasn't full of complicated theories about things my son and I couldn't even begin to understand.
What happened to 'keep it simple'? This is just my 2 cents. Now, we do not subscribe to anything.
We do appreciate the 'Small Wonders' articles on CN and print these out and keep them in a binder. It has a touch of what Night Sky magazine was about.
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