Popular Astronomy (UK magazine)

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Popular Astronomy is the bi-monthly magazine of the UK's Society for Popular Astronomy, published in January, March, May, July, September and November.

The magazine was started in 1953 with the name The Junior Astronomer. Before 2011 it was a quarterly publication. Before 1981 the journal was known as Hermes, and earlier still it was called The Junior Astronomer. The magazine is published by the Society for Popular Astronomy, a national society for amateur astronomers.

The magazine aims to present the science in plain English, avoiding unnecessary jargon. As well as main features covering professional and amateur research, regular articles include:

The magazine also includes a section for Young Stargazers to help younger readers to understand modern astronomy.

Richard Baum (1953 June–1955 October); Patrick Moore (1956); Richard Baum (1957 January–July); Gilbert Satterthwaite (1957 October–1961 April); John Lytheer (1961 July–1964 April); George Teideman (1964 July–1967 April); Ian Ridpath (1967 July–1974 April); Paul Sutherland (1974 July–1982 July); Enid Lake (1982 October–1985 October); Ian Ridpath (1986 January–1989 July; editor-in-chief until 1992 October); Tom Hosking (1989 October–2000 July); Peter Grego (2000 October–2016 February); Amanda Doyle (2016 February- ).

Changes of name: The Junior Astronomer from 1953 June until 1960 July; Hermes from 1960 October to 1980 October; Popular Astronomy 1981 January to present.