''The Telescope'' was a magazine for

amateur astronomers Amateur astronomy is a hobby where participants enjoy observing or imaging celestial objects in the sky using the unaided eye, binoculars, or telescopes. Even though scientific research may not be their primary goal, some amateur astronomer ...

published between 1931 and 1941. The magazine was first published as a quarterly under the editorship of Harlan Stetson, director of the

Perkins Observatory Perkins Observatory is an astronomical observatory in Delaware, Ohio. It is owned and operated by Ohio Wesleyan University. In 1931 it had the third largest telescope in the World; the 69 inch aperture Perkins telescope came online at this obser ...

in Ohio. It featured popular articles about contemporary research. In 1934 Stetson moved to

Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As part of the Boston metropolitan area, the cities population of the 2020 U.S. census was 118,403, making it the fourth most populous city in the state, behind Boston, ...

and brought the magazine with him. Publishing duties were assumed jointly by the

Harvard College Observatory The Harvard College Observatory (HCO) is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy. It is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United St ...

and the Bond Astronomical Club, under the editorship of Donald H. Menzel. ''The Telescope'' became a bimonthly publication at this time. In 1941, ''The Telescope'' was merged with '' The Sky'', creating ''

Sky & Telescope ''Sky & Telescope'' (''S&T'') is a monthly American magazine covering all aspects of amateur astronomy, including the following: *current events in astronomy and space exploration; *events in the amateur astronomy community; *reviews of astronomic ...

'' magazine, which has remained in publication ever since.

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