Do visual only members need a magazine?

[RobertI]

1 hour ago, Moon-Monkey said:

Hey Buddy having appeared on the podcast quite regularly with my observing reports and questions I can honesty say that’s my goto resource for info and a great Chat Chris and Shane not only are very knowledgeable but also great friends too 

Phill From the Uk 🇬🇧 😉

Aaaah, so you’re “Phil from the UK”! They are very complimentary about your reports - I think they have said you should have your own podcast! 🙂

[Moon-Monkey]

2 hours ago, RobertI said:

Aaaah, so you’re “Phil from the UK”! They are very complimentary about your reports - I think they have said you should have your own podcast! 🙂

Lol yes i am actually working on an observing podcast now that sadly Dons podcast has ended really miss Don both as a friend and podcaster 😞 but it has given me the bump to make it happen do not expect a podcast like Chris and Shane’s podcast though I will refer people to episodes of theirs for specifics I think they are great people and great friends 

[RobertI]

1 hour ago, Moon-Monkey said:

Lol yes i am actually working on an observing podcast

I shall look forward to that. 🙂

[Moon-Monkey]

26 minutes ago, RobertI said:

I shall look forward to that. 🙂

🤣🤣 tell me that when you hear it first lol 

[Muc]

I love checking out that Actual Astronomy podcast when rambling around roads on my bike. Looking forward to yours Phil!

[Whistlin Bob]

On 23/10/2022 at 10:07, Muc said:

I love checking out that Actual Astronomy podcast

Likewise! I've enjoyed reading this thread, and went off to check out the podcast, and it's a great listen!

[Colin bacon]

Some great links here shared. Thank you. 

[mikeDnight]

I used to really look forward to Sky & Telescope and bought it religiously until the destructive take over a number of years ago. I didn't usually buy it for the astro charts etc, but for the enthusiasm displayed by our American cousins that I find sadly lacking from any British astro mag. Back in the day the equipment reviews were truly outstanding and informative. Today most reviews in mag's aren't worth the paper they are written on. Everything is so watered down and often written with an undertone of inexperience that they are effectively valueless. Then there are the silly price hikes, and paying more for less really gets under my skin, so I nolonger buy a monthly magazine and haven't done so for around ten years. Better to buy a set of 1950's to 1990's S&T's and look back at a time when amateure astronomy was truly great and observers knew their instruments and the night sky. 

 

[JeremyS]

Tom Dobbins has been running a series on planetary visual observing  in recent S&T which have been good and go beyond the routine stuff.

[Franklin]

17 minutes ago, mikeDnight said:

Better to buy a set of 1950's to 1990's S&T's and look back at a time when amateure astronomy was truly great and observers knew their instruments and the night sky. 

And don't forget the Celestron "dolly-birds"! 🤣

[paulastro]

1 hour ago, mikeDnight said:

I used to really look forward to Sky & Telescope and bought it religiously until the destructive take over a number of years ago. I didn't usually buy it for the astro charts etc, but for the enthusiasm displayed by our American cousins that I find sadly lacking from any British astro mag. Back in the day the equipment reviews were truly outstanding and informative. Today most reviews in mag's aren't worth the paper they are written on. Everything is so watered down and often written with an undertone of inexperience that they are effectively valueless. Then there are the silly price hikes, and paying more for less really gets under my skin, so I nolonger buy a monthly magazine and haven't done so for around ten years. Better to buy a set of 1950's to 1990's S&T's and look back at a time when amateure astronomy was truly great and observers knew their instruments and the night sky.